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• M&G suspends trading in £2.5bn property fund amid Brexit and retail woes

  04-12-2019 18:53 via uk.news.yahoo.com
  
  The investment giant said it has seen 'high and sustained outflows' in the fund, which covers 91 UK commercial properties.
  
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• England T20 World Cup defence on the brink after heavy defeat to Australia

  08-06-2024 23:14
  
  Australia 201-7, England 165-6; Aus won by 36 runsEngland’s destiny out of their hands after poor displayEngland’s World Cup woes followed them to Barbados as their T20 defence was left looking precarious after a heavy defeat at the hands of Australia.Six months on from a dire performance in the 50-over competition in India and four days after an unconvincing bowling display in their washed out game against Scotland, Jos Buttler’s men were thrashed by 36 runs by their Ashes riv
  
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• Thousands gather at White House for pro-Palestinian demonstration

  08-06-2024 22:00
  
  Police use pepper spray as protesters unfurl red banner to symbolize Joe Biden’s response to Israel’s war on GazaThousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside the White House on Saturday to protest Joe Biden’s response to Israel’s ongoing military strikes on Gaza.Footage posted to social media showed police using pepper spray on protesters while demonstrators faced arrest at the mass demonstration. Continue reading...
  
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• Trial of jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Mohammadi opens in her absence

  08-06-2024 21:48
  
  Peace prize winner and women’s rights activist is refusing to attend hearings in TehranA new trial against jailed Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi opened on Saturday in her absence, said a lawyer for the women’s rights activist who has refused to attend hearings.Mohammadi, 52, has been jailed since November 2021 over several past convictions relating to her advocacy against the obligatory hijab for women and capital punishment in Iran. Continue reading...
  
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• US couple, 100 and 96, marry in Normandy, France: ‘We get butterflies’

  08-06-2024 21:47
  
  Second world war veteran Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin enjoy wedding party – with Macron and BidenTogether, the collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200. But second world war veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart, Jeanne Swerlin, proved that love is eternal as they tied the knot Saturday inland of the D-Day beaches in Normandy, France.Their respective ages – he’s 100, she’s 96 – made their nuptials an almost double-century celebration. Continue rea
  
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• Australia v England: T20 Cricket World Cup – live

  08-06-2024 21:21
  
  Live updates from the Kensington Oval,6pm BST startGet in touch! Email James with your thoughtsMy word, England needed that. Moeen skids one through Warner and disturbs the stumps. Breathe, lads. Breathe.Mitch Marsh joins head in the middle. Continue reading...
  
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• Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza, as attacks nearby kill 93 Palestinians

  08-06-2024 21:14
  
  Woman and three men freed from Nuseirat, as EU diplomat condemns ‘reports from Gaza of another massacre of civilians’Israeli special forces have freed four hostages held in Nuseirat, central Gaza, as Israeli attacks and airstrikes in the same area killed at least 93 Palestinians, including children, local medics said.The rescue raid was the largest of the war, bringing three men and a woman who were kidnapped at the Nova music festival back to Israel. Continue reading...
  
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• Michael Mosley’s wife says ‘we will not lose hope’ as new footage emerges

  08-06-2024 21:08
  
  Video is believed to be one of last two sightings before British TV doctor left village of Pedi on Greek islandWhat we know so farThe wife of the British TV doctor Michael Mosley, who has gone missing on the Greek island of Symi, has said her family “will not lose hope” as the search for her husband continues.Mosley, known for his appearances on The One Show and This Morning, disappeared during a walk in the north-east of the island on Wednesday. Continue reading...
  
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• Courtney Lawes relieved to end Northampton career with final victory

  08-06-2024 20:40
  
  Lawes marks last game before Brive move with title‘I couldn’t believe we won it … we tried so hard to lose it’The France-bound Courtney Lawes says his Northampton side deserved to be crowned English champions but admitted they had ridden their luck against 14-man Bath before clinching their first Premiership title for a decade.Lawes, who celebrated his final appearance for his hometown club by turning up bare-chested and wearing ski goggles to the post-match press confer
  
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• Oxford University to return 500-year-old sculpture of Hindu saint to India

  08-06-2024 20:31
  
  Indian high commission made claim bronze depicting Tirumankai Alvar which it believes may have been lootedOxford University has announced it is to hand back a 500-year-old sculpture of a Hindu saint to India.The almost 60cm-tall bronze statue, which depicts Tirumankai Alvar, had been on display at the university’s Ashmolean Museum. Continue reading...
  
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• Doctor Who: Rogue – season one episode six recap

  08-06-2024 20:30
  
  The Doctor finds love in this lush tribute to Bridgerton, but there’s also murder on the dancefloor …After four decidedly off-the-wall episodes, including two in which Ncuti Gatwa hardly appeared and one where he was immobile on a landmine, it was enjoyable to get a relatively straightforward Doctor Who episode. This was a good old sci-fi costume drama, complete with a murderous, shape-shifting, body-draining alien menace seeking thrills while trying to destroy the world.The explici
  
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• Labour pledges 80 new rape courts in bid to tackle backlog crisis

  08-06-2024 20:03
  
  Plan for specialist unit in all police forces amid manifesto drive to reduce violence against women and girlsLabour will establish 80 new rape courts across and England and Wales to fast-track cases as part of wide-ranging plans to tackle violence against women and girls that will be announced in the party’s general election manifesto this week.The specialist courts will be set up in unused rooms and spare capacity within every existing crown court, in an effort to end a growing backlog th
  
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• Hungarians rally for former ally leading the charge against Viktor Orbán’s rule

  08-06-2024 20:01
  
  Péter Magyar’s Tisza party trails the populist leader in the polls, but is offering liberal voters renewed hopeThousands of people rallied in Budapest on Saturday as a political newcomer led a push to mobilise voters against Hungary’s populist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, ahead of European elections on Sunday.“We defeated apathy,” declared Péter Magyar, a former government insider who switched sides and launched an opposition movement, as he stood in
  
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• The Observer view on Baillie Gifford sponsorship row: writing is on the wall for book lovers

  08-06-2024 20:00
  
  Now the investment fund is pulling out of literary festivals, what other sponsors will dare expose themselves to the scrutiny of Fossil Free Books? Even in bad weather, literary festivals can be magical: the gentle tap of rain on canvas as an audience tunes in to what it hopes will be another scintillating conversation. For some, this is a chance to clap eyes on a beloved author, and perhaps to have a favourite paperback signed. For others, this is the place for discovering new voices, and after
  
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• Lorrie Moore: ‘I identify with Beth in Little Women, who dies’

  08-06-2024 19:00
  
  The acclaimed American author on the humour, horror and anger in her latest novel, what she would have as her epitaph and the writers she most admiresLorrie Moore, 67, is one of America’s most original, agile and diverting authors – a short story writer, novelist, critic and essayist. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home, her fourth novel, is possessed of a feral magic and is a fantastic provocation. Sad, funny and teasingly gothic, it introduces Finn, who is a lovable oddball, along
  
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• Georgia and Albania’s presence at Euro 2024 is sign of eastern resurgence | Jonathan Wilson

  08-06-2024 19:00
  
  Slowly, unsurely, sides from the former eastern bloc are emerging again – but their journeys are all very differentOn 14 July, the European champions will be crowned in Berlin. No one really expects a former communist country to win in the city whose division once symbolised the cold war but perhaps, finally, 35 years after the Wall came down, the eastern part of the continent is beginning from a football perspective to regather its strength.Not including Germany (two players in their
  
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• David Simonds on Rishi Sunak’s failing campaign manoeuvres – cartoon

  08-06-2024 19:00
  
  Cutting the D-day anniversary early to record an ITV interview left the prime minister’s election tactics in tatters• You can order your own copy of this cartoon Continue reading...
  
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• Britain’s judges are sick of locking up children who just need help. Why has nothing been done?

  08-06-2024 19:00
  
  Lack of provision for complex cases is a moral failure by our ‘civilised’ country, says a former president of the high court’s family divisionThe BBC recently reported extensively on the rising and excessive use of deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders on vulnerable children. What was described is shocking and the stories they reported are heartbreaking. But this scandal is nothing new.For many years, judges have been calling for urgent action to address the shortage of
  
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• Dog runs four miles to get help for owner who crashed car into Oregon ravine

  08-06-2024 18:55
  
  Brandon Garrett was driving solo with his four dogs near where his family was camping, when he failed to navigate a turnA dog ran four miles to get help for his owner who crashed his car into a ravine in Oregon – and was ultimately rescued because of the animal’s heroics, according to authorities.The case unfolded as Brandon Garrett was driving himself and his four dogs north on US Forest Service Road 39 in Baker county, near where his family was camping. Continue reading...
  
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• Rishi Sunak’s chances were always slim. And the numbers just get worse

  08-06-2024 18:54
  
  Polls show longstanding Tory advantages on issues such as immigration, crime and defence are gone, while Labour opens new leads in traditional areasWas this the week the wheels came off for Rishi Sunak? After two weeks of campaigning for “a clear plan of bold action for a secure future” the verdict in the polls is clear: voters don’t like his clear plan, they don’t want his bold actions, and they believe their future will be more secure without him. All of this was true e
  
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• Wigan dominate Warrington to secure Challenge Cup glory

  08-06-2024 18:08
  
  Warrington 8-18 WiganWarriors now hold all four titlesPerhaps it was fitting on the day rugby league came together to celebrate one of its most iconic and legendary players, Wigan created a piece of history that will, like Rob Burrow’s playing career, stand the test of time for years to come.We throw words like ‘legend’ and ‘history’ around all too easily these days. But those two words felt fitting to describe this emotionally stirring day for rugby league and its
  
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• ‘A sweet breeze amid a heatwave’: liberals feel hope again following Narendra Modi’s loss of his majority

  08-06-2024 18:08
  
  Fears for the future of democracy and tolerance recede after authoritarian PM left reliant on coalition partnersIn the leafy surrounds of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), a pocket of students sat beneath a banyan tree engaged in impassioned evening ­conversation. As usual, it was about politics – but this time the mood was different.“For the first time in a decade, we have hope,” said Antariksh Sharma, who is doing his PhD in the arts. “It is
  
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• The week in audio: Thief at the Museum; Memories from the Dance Floor; The John Dredge Nothing to Do With Anything Show; More or Less – review

  08-06-2024 18:00
  
  A case of cultural sleuthing makes a classy whodunnit; LGBTQ+ nightlife in 70s and 80s Wales hits the sweet spot; a comic whose every line is a winner; and politics unpickedShadow World: Thief at the British Museum (BBC Radio 4) | BBC SoundsMemories from the Dance Floor | Damian KerlinThe John Dredge Nothing to Do With Anything Show | comedy.co.ukMore or Less (BBC Radio 4) | BBC SoundsThief at the British Museum is a warm, classy series that’s been ticking along daily on Radio 4 over the p
  
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• Groundbreaking AI heart attack scans could soon be rolled out across UK

  08-06-2024 18:00
  
  Oxford University team say thousands of lives could be saved by technology that finds hidden data in CT scansAn artificial intelligence system that can identify people who are likely to suffer heart attacks up to 10 years in the future could soon be in operation across Britain.The technology, which could save thousands of lives a year, is being assessed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) and a decision on its use in the NHS is expected by the end of the&nbs
  
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• Glamour to ghost town: the fate of one Cypriot beach resort – in pictures

  08-06-2024 18:00
  
  Once a glamorous destination that attracted the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Abba, the Cypriot resort of Varosha was abandoned on 14 August 1974 when Turkey invaded. For 50 years, the town has been deserted, but in 2020 it was opened up to tourists. British-Cypriot writer and editor Alex Christofi and his father were some of the first people to be granted admission, while Alex was researching his new book on the history of Cyprus. “I felt quite dissociated as it was difficult to process w
  
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• Climate scientist Susan Solomon: ‘Let’s not give up now – we’re right on the cusp of success’

  08-06-2024 18:00
  
  The US atmospheric chemist on why she doesn’t share the pessimism of most climate scientists, fixing the ozone layer, and why Jacques Cousteau is her heroSusan Solomon was born and raised in Chicago and got her PhD in atmospheric chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. She is known for her work in the 1980s which established how the Earth’s protective ozone layer was being depleted by human-made chemicals. Her studies formed the basis of the 1989 Montreal protocol &nda
  
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• Sunak dodges questions from press amid criticism for D-day exit

  08-06-2024 17:58
  
  Prime minister’s team say time constraints to blame as condemnation over early return from Normandy continuesRishi Sunak avoided media interviews as he returned to the campaign trail on Saturday amid the fallout from his early return from the D-day commemoration ceremony in Normandy.The prime minister was due to meet reporters during a visit to County Durham and Yorkshire on Saturday but the interviews were cancelled, with Tories citing “time constraints”. Continue reading...
  
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• Giorgia Meloni could be EU kingmaker as Italy goes to polls

  08-06-2024 17:54
  
  Italian PM courted by far right and centre ground as European parliamentary elections beginItalians cast their ballots on Saturday as Italy became the first key player to vote in the European parliamentary elections, which could lead to far-right leader, Giorgia Meloni, acting as kingmaker.Far-right parties are expected to make gains in the elections, as most countries, including EU heavyweights France and Germany, go to the polls on Sunday. Projected results are expected late on Sunday evening.
  
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• Molly Caudery keeps her cool in Rome to boost hopes of first outdoor title

  08-06-2024 17:16
  
  Pole vaulter is chasing European success before bid to end 40-year wait for a British woman to win Olympic field goldNot since Tessa Sanderson hurled a javelin far and high into the Los Angeles sky in 1984 has a British woman won an Olympic gold medal in a field event. But with every leap that 24-year-old Molly Caudery takes, the expectation grows that a 40-year-old drought is about to be shattered.In the past few months Caudery has won the world indoor pole vault title and leapt higher –
  
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• Iga Swiatek eases past Jasmine Paolini to win third consecutive French Open

  08-06-2024 17:10
  
  Swiatek overwhelms Italian 6-2, 6-1World No 1 secures fifth grand slam title in 68 minutesIn the aftermath of Iga Swiatek’s first grand slam triumph at the Covid-ravaged French Open in the autumn of 2020, one of her primary emotions was confusion. Her victory had been so unexpected, and the subsequent rush of attention so overwhelming, that it left her with many doubts. She had to prove to herself more than anyone else that her maiden win was not a fluke and that she could establish hersel
  
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