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UK Politics
Wes Streeting calls for £12bn-a-year wealth tax
Wes Streeting has called for the introduction of a wealth tax designed to raise £12 billion a year, pitching the…
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World News
Russia’s war shatters and blinds Sunny the owl
A long-eared owl named Sunny, struck down by a Russian drone attack in Zaporizhzhia and left with a shattered wing…
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Labour lifts ban on Russian oil, breaking Rachel Reeves’s pledge
Labour has reversed its promise to ban Russian oil imports, with the government issuing a new licence that allows diesel…
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UK Environment
American oil age ends; Jonathan Watts warns of grim future
The Great Energy Reckoning The global balance of power is shifting from oil to renewables, from the declining petrostate in…
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World News
Russia adds former UK defence secretary Ben Wallace to wanted list
Russia has placed Ben Wallace, the former British Defence Secretary, on a wanted list linked to an unspecified criminal investigation,…
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Europe in dash to create cut-price weapons of tomorrow
In a workshop in England’s East Midlands, engineers at the British startup Skycutter are designing weapons for Ukraine using a…
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Putin insists Russia will always triumph as Victory Day parade reduced
This year’s Victory Day parade was significantly scaled back due to security fears, with Moscow placed under a security blanket…
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Germany’s growing military power must be rooted in Europe, says Timothy Garton Ash
Next year, Germany’s defence spending will match that of France and Britain combined. By 2030 it is projected to be…
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EU lawmaker sentenced over fraud case with Andrej Babiš links
A former associate of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has been convicted of fraud and handed a three-year suspended sentence…
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Germany says it anticipated Trump’s US troop pullout as Iran comments dispute escalates
Two senior Republican lawmakers in the United States have expressed deep unease over the Pentagon’s decision to withdraw 5,000 troops…
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