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• Watch as England coach dedicates award to Spain

  31-08-2023 23:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England head coach Sarina Wiegman dedicates the Uefa women's coach of the year award to Spain's national team.
  
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• Police officer death: Wife pays tribute to officer killed on railway

  31-08-2023 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sgt Graham Saville's widow says his desire to help others led to him making the "ultimate sacrifice".
  
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• Sara Sharif: Five days before Pakistan asked to start family search

  31-08-2023 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Interpol's request to start a search was not made until 15 August - five days after Sara was found dead.
  
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• What you need to know ahead of Friday and Saturday's train strikes

  31-08-2023 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Members of the RMT rail workers' union and Aslef train drivers' union are set to strike again.
  
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• What you need to know about school concrete scare

  31-08-2023 18:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC reporter Vanessa Clarke explains a bit more about schools affected by closures over safety fears.
  
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• Tell us: how is having to return to the office affecting your lifestyle, family and career?

  31-08-2023 18:43 via theguardian.com
  
  We’d like to hear from people in the UK who have been called back to the office what kind of impact this is having on their lives, families, finances and careersWe’re keen to hear from UK workers who have been called back to the office after being able to work remotely during and after the pandemic.If you’ve had to return to the office, we’d like to hear what impact this is having on your domestic set-up, lifestyle, finances, career progression, productivity and the gener
  
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• Grant Shapps gets defence job in mini reshuffle

  31-08-2023 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rishi Sunak promotes veteran Grant Shapps and newcomer Claire Coutinho in a limited shake-up of his ministerial team.
  
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• Junior doctors and consultants to strike together in England

  31-08-2023 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Autumn walkouts in England will involve both groups, but emergency cover will be provided.
  
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• British volunteer, 22, killed fighting in Ukraine

  31-08-2023 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The family of Samuel Newey say he died fighting alongside Ukrainian forces on Wednesday.
  
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• Brain fog after Covid linked to blood clots - study

  31-08-2023 17:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A UK study links two proteins in the blood of hospital patients to thinking and memory problems.
  
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• Grant Shapps: Five government jobs in one year

  31-08-2023 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 60-second look at new UK defence secretary Grant Shapps's busy CV from the last 12 months.
  
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• Parents and school staff in England: is your building made of aerated concrete?

  31-08-2023 16:38 via theguardian.com
  
  We want to speak to staff and parents at affected English schools as around 150 may be forced to shut over safety fearsThousands of pupils in England may have to begin the autumn term taking lessons remotely after the government ordered more than 100 schools to immediately shut buildings made with aerated concrete until safety work is undertaken.The guidance from the Department for Education was sent to 156 schools and colleges just days before the start of the new school year. Of those institut
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: critics of counteroffensive are ‘spitting in the faces of soldiers’, says Kyiv

  31-08-2023 16:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukraine’s foreign minister also says critics of the offensive’s slow progress should ‘shut up’At a glance: what we know on day 554 of the invasionA military spokesperson says Ukrainian armed forces are making progress in the direction of Novoprokopivka – the village beyond Robotyne, in the direction of Melitopol.The capture of Robotyne was announced earlier this week. Even though just a few miles from where Ukrainian troops were at the start of the counter-offensive
  
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• Mountain view: Bank top economist offers two routes to beating inflation

  31-08-2023 16:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Huw Pill says he prefers longer, more steady use on interest rates of Table Mountain model over sharp rise and fall of Matterhorn approachBusiness live – latest updatesTourist attraction, backdrop to millions of selfies and one of the world’s most easily identifiable landmarks. Cape Town’s Table Mountain is all of these things, but now it has found a new role: as a guide to what will happen to UK interest rates.For Huw Pill the opportunity was too good to pass up. Invited by So
  
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• US Open 2023: Murray, Sabalenka and Sinner in action on day four – live

  31-08-2023 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from Thursday’s action at Flushing MeadowsGet in touch: email Daniel or tweet him with your thoughtsYo dudes, and welcome to the US Open 2023 – day four!We begin with a British triple-header, each match extremely tasty. Kicking us off, Katie Boulter – in the form of her life – meets Wang Yafan and, at the same time, the returning and extremely promising Jack Draper faces Hubert Hurkacz, the number 17 seed. Then, when Ashe gets under way an hour later, the resurgen
  
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• Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos; Paganini Rhapsody review – glittering interpretation holds its own

  31-08-2023 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
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  Wang’s interpretation of the concertos is more mature than her previous work, carrying off flashy exuberance and changes of mood with dramatic flairThe most popular piano concertos of the 20th century have never been short of outstanding interpreters, and the recorded history of Rachmaninov’s four concertos, together with the even more successful Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, is a hugely distinguished one. From the co
  
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• Hurricane Idalia leaves trail of floods and wreckage in south-eastern US

  31-08-2023 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Tropical storm moves into Atlantic but torrential rain and inland flooding still likely in North Carolina, officials warnRecovery efforts were under way in four states on Thursday as the remains of Hurricane Idalia, still a tropical storm with 60mph winds, moved into the Atlantic off the coast of the Carolinas.Crews were sifting through wreckage across North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, where the storm came ashore on Wednesday as a category 3 hurricane with gusts of 160mph and sent a
  
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• El Conde review – Pablo Larraín’s horror-satire pitches Pinochet as a vampire

  31-08-2023 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Venice film festival: Macabre alt-history faces the ongoing agony of Chile, and the Chilean people’s struggle to confront their past, with graphic-novel energy and directnessThe undead forces of fascism swoop vampirically through our 21st-century global twilight – the fascists once covertly supported by the western powers as a bulwark against communism, and now proclaiming themselves as a vital bulwark against Islamism, wokeism etc.Chilean director Pablo Larraín concerns himse
  
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• Transfer window: Brighton move to sign Fati, Lukaku joins Roma – live

  31-08-2023 16:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Transfer interactive: all the moves in Europe’s main leaguesGet in touch! Email John with your thoughts or tweet himPlenty of transfer talk in this recording from this morning, Plenty of other stuff too. Anyway, here’s the latest Football Weekly Extra.The Nottingham Forest manager, Steve Cooper, says deals to sign Nuno Tavares and Murillo “are at the final stages”. Continue reading...
  
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• Donald Trump accused of inflating net worth by $2bn in New York civil case – live

  31-08-2023 16:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Former president claims he averted ‘nuclear holocaust’ with North Korea outreach in transcript of deposition • Hurricane Idalia – live updatesHere’s more from the Guardian’s Martin Pengelly on Mitch McConnell’s health scare yesterday, the second to occur in public in as many months:The Republican leader in the US Senate, Mitch McConnell, experienced another public health scare on Wednesday when he appeared to freeze for more than 30 seconds while speaking
  
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• Grant Shapps appointed defence secretary as Claire Coutinho takes energy brief in mini-reshuffle – UK politics live

  31-08-2023 16:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Energy secretary appointed defence secretary in mini-reshuffle, with Claire Coutinho taking the energy security briefGrant Shapps said he is “honoured” to become defence secretary and praised Ben Wallace for his time in the role.Shapps tweeted:I’m honoured to be appointed as Defence Secretary by Rishi Sunak. I’d like to pay tribute to the enormous contribution Ben Wallace has made to UK defence & global security over the last 4 years.As I get to work at DefenceHQ I am
  
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• Thousands of pupils may have to start term online as over 100 schools affected by crumble-risk concrete

  31-08-2023 16:13 via theguardian.com
  
  DfE guidance sent days before start of term means students and teachers at dozens of schools in England will need to be moved off siteThousands of pupils in England may have to begin the autumn term taking lessons remotely after the government ordered more than 100 schools to immediately shut buildings made with aerated concrete until safety work is undertaken.The guidance from the Department for Education was sent to 156 schools and colleges just days before the start of the new school year. Co
  
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• Seven new ‘walking leaf’ insect species discovered

  31-08-2023 16:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers used genetic analysis to identify species that cannot be distinguished by appearance aloneSeven new leaf insect species, known as “walking leaves”, have been discovered.The insects exhibit a sophisticated “twigs and leaf-like” camouflage allowing them to blend into their surroundings without detection, posing a challenge to both predators and researchers. Continue reading...
  
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• Where Winds Meet is China’s answer to Assassin’s Creed

  31-08-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Everstone’s debut video game hopes to do for 10th-century China what Ubisoft’s open-world series did for ancient Greece and renaissance ItalyAssassin’s Creed and Total War have proven that video games can be better than any tattered textbook at bringing history alive – though they do tend to retread the same old battlegrounds of western Europe. China’s Everstone Studio is hoping to change that, letting players loose on an open world 10th-century China in its debut g
  
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• Goodbye The Great: a sad farewell to one of TV’s best shows

  31-08-2023 15:56 via theguardian.com
  
  The surprise cancellation of the anachronistic period comedy series is the latest example of a show taken from us too soonIt seems that not even an A-list cast, multiple Emmy nominations and rave reviews across the board are enough to save a television series in this era of cancellations and culls. After the unsurprising news that The Idol has been axed, the mildly surprising news that Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea prequel Nautilus will not be released at all, and the disheartening
  
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• Grant Shapps: great political survivor and reliable Tory attack dog

  31-08-2023 15:55 via theguardian.com
  
  New defence secretary is a trusted performer who PMs have learned is safer inside the tent than outUK politics live – latest updatesGrant Shapps has proved a vital problem solver to Conservative leaders he has served under, and a feared troublemaker to those who left him out in the cold.A versatile minister, he was privately described by Liz Truss as “one of the most competent secretaries of state” and “probably the best communicator in government”. But when he was
  
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• ‘It’s equal parts exciting and terrifying’: how authors are being influenced by their fans

  31-08-2023 15:48 via theguardian.com
  
  In the internet age, writers have more interaction with readers than ever before, and superfans aren’t afraid to share their opinions online. Here, three writers look at how this relationship has influenced their workBritish author, dance critic and journalist, whose 2017 book Codename Villanelle was the basis for the BBC’s Killing Eve TV series Continue reading...
  
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• Balloons, protests and hurricane damage: Thursday’s best photos

  31-08-2023 15:47 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• RSPB v the Tories: Six claims, the truth or otherwise

  31-08-2023 15:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Do the charity’s accusations that the government has reneged on a range of environmental pledges stand up to scrutiny?If the RSPB hoped to raise awareness about the perplexing concept of “nutrient neutrality” their post calling Rishi Sunak, Michael Gove and Thérèse Coffey “LIARS!” worked: it has, to date, been viewed by five million people.“You lie, and you lie, and you lie again,” the conservation charity declared on X, formerly Twitter, l
  
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• At least 73 killed as fire engulfs five-storey building in Johannesburg

  31-08-2023 15:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Seven children among dozens dead after blaze tears through building in South Africa’s largest cityAt least 73 people, including seven children, have died in a fire in a multi-storey building in the centre of Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city, emergency services have said.In one of the country’s worst such tragedies in living memory, emergency management services said a further 43 people had been injured in the blaze, which broke out early on Thursday. Continue reading..
  
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• One Piece review – beloved Japanese saga lands on Netflix with a whimper

  31-08-2023 15:31 via theguardian.com
  
  The manga series which then became an anime TV show has now been adapted into an ambitious live-action series with mixed resultsWhen beloved long-running stories are translated to a new medium, they’re often caught between irritating longtime fans (who will chafe at whatever changes have been made to introduce the movie or show or book to newbies) and vexing interested newcomers (who may be baffled by the material regardless of those mainstreaming changes). But the new live-action version
  
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• M&S begins legal action after plan to rebuild Oxford Street store blocked

  31-08-2023 15:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Michael Gove last month refused permission to demolish and redevelop store near Marble Arch in LondonBusiness live – latest updatesMarks & Spencer has launched a legal challenge against a government decision to block its plans to demolish and redevelop its store on London’s Oxford Street.Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, last month refused permission to redevelop the store near Marble Arch in the West End in a win for campaigners concerned about the carbon footprint of re
  
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• Palestinian shot dead after killing Israeli soldier with truck in West Bank

  31-08-2023 15:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Three more soldiers and a Palestinian also injured at checkpoint amid wave of violenceA Palestinian driver has slammed his truck into soldiers at a busy checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, killing one of them before being shot dead, Israeli authorities have said, the latest bloodshed in a relentless cycle of violence to roil the region.The violence came a day after Israeli police shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy who stabbed a man in a Jerusalem light-rail station and after Palesti
  
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• Multiple passport holders in England and Wales double in decade

  31-08-2023 15:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Rise in dual citizenship driven by migration from EU, and uptake of additional passports after BrexitUK politics live – latest updatesThe number of people with multiple passports in England and Wales has doubled in a decade, official data shows, with the rise thought to be partly down to Brexit.There was a fivefold increase in people born in the UK holding both British and EU passports, according to an analysis of Census 2021 figures. Continue reading...
  
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• Cardiff e-bike deaths: police officer being investigated for dangerous driving

  31-08-2023 15:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Officer driving van that followed two teenagers before they died in e-bike crash in May facing criminal investigationA police officer driving a van that followed two teenage boys on an electric bike shortly before it was involved in a fatal crash, prompting a riot in Cardiff, is being criminally investigated for dangerous driving.The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has been examining whether the marked van was chasing Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and Harvey Evans, 15, who were killed moment
  
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• Brighton cat killer Stephen Bouquet died from Covid-19, inquest finds

  31-08-2023 15:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Former security guard who killed nine cats and injured seven more in East Sussex died less than a year into his five-year sentenceThe Royal Navy veteran nicknamed the Brighton cat killer died from Covid-19 while receiving end of life care for cancer in prison, a coroner has found.Former security guard Stephen Bouquet, 55, died in Medway Maritime hospital on 5 January 2022. He was jailed for five years and three months in July 2021 for killing nine cats in East Sussex. Continue reading...
  
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• Raheem Sterling left out of England squad as Southgate turns to Nketiah

  31-08-2023 15:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Chelsea forward misses out despite strong start to seasonSterling’s clubmate Levi Colwill earns first call-upRaheem Sterling has been left out of the England squad for the games against Ukraine and Scotland, Gareth Southgate instead turning to Arsenal’s Eddie Nketiah for one of the forwards slots.Sterling’s Chelsea teammate Levi Colwill has won his first call-up, although he has trained with the senior squad before, while Harry Maguire and Kalvin Phillips are also in the squad
  
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• Wilko job cuts to begin this week after £90m bid falls through

  31-08-2023 15:06 via theguardian.com
  
  About a third of 1,400 staff at stricken retailer’s head office and warehouses expected to be made redundantBusiness live – latest updates Job cuts at Wilko’s head office and warehouses are to begin on Monday after a surprise £90m bid for the discount retailer fell through.Almost 270 jobs at the group’s head office in Worksop in Nottinghamshire will go on Monday with more job cuts to follow at its distribution centres there and in Newport, south Wales, next week. Ki
  
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• Nadhim Zahawi in line to become chair of Telegraph titles, say reports

  31-08-2023 15:06 via theguardian.com
  
  MP said to be brokering deal between UAE investors and Barclay family as former owners attempt to regain control of media groupThe former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi is in line to become chair of the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph after brokering a deal between Middle Eastern investors and the Barclay family, according to reports.The Barclays are thought to be attempting to regain control of the media group with financial support from investors in the United Arab Emirates, months after su
  
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• Tesla investigated over funds ‘used to build secret Austin house for Elon Musk’

  31-08-2023 15:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Reports suggest plans for ‘Project 42’ included a glass structure that contained a residential element for the chief executiveUS prosecutors are investigating Tesla over alleged use of company funds for a secret project described internally as a house for Elon Musk, the electric carmaker’s chief executive.Information sought from Tesla by the US attorney’s office for the southern district of New York includes personal benefits paid to Musk, how much was spent on the projec
  
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• The fire and the fool: behind the scenes of The Wicker Man – in pictures

  31-08-2023 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  It is the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking 1973 British folk horror masterpiece, a tale of paganism run riot on a remote Scottish island. Starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland and Christopher Lee, and directed by Robin Hardy, here are rarely seen photographs of the film-makers and cast on location in Scotland Continue reading...
  
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• What's gone wrong at Wilko?

  31-08-2023 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The beloved discount retailer was founded in 1930 but is now cutting jobs after falling into administration.
  
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• Rishi Sunak keeps changes minimal in safety-first shake up

  31-08-2023 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why Rishi Sunak promoted Grant Shapps and Claire Coutinho - and avoided a wider reshuffle for now.
  
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• Police find body in search for missing poet Gboyega Odubanjo

  31-08-2023 14:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Formal identification yet to take place but family of award-winning poet have been informedPolice have found a body in the search for the award-winning poet Gboyega Odubanjo, who has been missing since the weekend.Odubanjo, 27, was last seen at about 4am on Saturday in the Kelmarsh area of Northamptonshire where he was attending the Shambala festival. He had been due to perform later that day. Continue reading...
  
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• Buy now, pay later firm Klarna reports first month of profit in three years

  31-08-2023 14:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Fintech company still made second-quarter operating loss of £150m as calls grow for sector to be regulatedKlarna, a buy now, pay later firm, has reported a profitable month for the first time in three years.The Swedish company, which allows shoppers to defer and split the cost of items but has been accused of tipping people into debt, has struggled to make money in recent years amid rising bad debts and weak consumer confidence. Continue reading...
  
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• How many complaints are made against police officers, and how many are sacked?

  31-08-2023 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There were almost 88,000 complaints against offers in England and Wales in the year to March 2022.
  
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• Conductor who allegedly slapped singer pulls out of all 2023 performances

  31-08-2023 14:14 via theguardian.com
  
  John Eliot Gardiner reportedly assaulted William Thomas after an opera performanceAn internationally renowned conductor has pulled out of all performances until next year after allegedly punching and slapping a soloist for entering the stage incorrectly at the Berlioz festival in France.Sir John Eliot Gardiner, 80, reportedly assaulted William Thomas, 29, an English bass singer who represented England in the Cardiff Singer of the World competition, after an opera performance on Tuesday. Continue
  
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• Lewis Hamilton commits future to Mercedes until 2025 with new deal

  31-08-2023 14:13 via theguardian.com
  
  British driver will race into his forties with team after extensionTeammate George Russell also extends his deal for two yearsLewis Hamilton has signed a new two-year deal to race with Mercedes in Formula One until 2025. The seven-time champion and the team made the announcement that he has signed a new contract in the buildup to this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza. His teammate George Russell has also extended his deal for two more years.The 39-year-old is now in his 17th season in
  
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• ‘A success for Kremlin propaganda’: how pro-Putin views permeate Italian media

  31-08-2023 14:13 via theguardian.com
  
  With pro-Russia commentators regularly appearing on TV, Italians are less likely to back Ukraine than people in most other EU statesRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesWhenever Nello Scavo returns from Ukraine, he is overcome with frustration. As a war correspondent for the Italian national newspaper Avvenire, he knows the first question people will ask him is: “Is it really as bad as they say?”“Sometimes I think that only if I come back badly injured will people star
  
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• Labour costs pass £500,000 in lawsuit over leaked antisemitism report

  31-08-2023 14:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Spending on case against five former staffers is rising, causing concern among some in partyUK politics live – latest updatesThe Labour party has spent more than half a million pounds as part of its lawsuit against five former staffers accused of leaking an internal report on antisemitism, the Guardian understands.The £503,260 spent so far follows a bitter battle between Labour and ex-staff members including Jeremy Corbyn’s former chief of staff Karie Murphy and his
  
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