Politics
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UK set for new PM as Theresa May resigns
She was Britain’s second female prime minister. Some called her difficult. Some called her a ‘Maybot’. Some mocked her refusal to budge. But how will history judge her now she has quit?
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Abortion, America and a history of #sexstrikes
Earlier this month, the movie star Alyssa Milano suggested that women go on a #sexstrike in response to new laws restricting abortion in Georgia. But is it really a good idea?
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Boris Johnson: inside the mind of a maverick
“World king,” he famously declared aged five, when asked his ambitions. Now Teresa May has quit, Boris Johnson could very well be our next prime minister. Who is he and what makes him tick?
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The milkshake protest dividing Britain
Yesterday, a man was charged with assault after hurling a banana and salted caramel milkshake at Nigel Farage of the Brexit Party. Is this an acceptable form of political protest?
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‘I will stop at nothing’ says far right leader
Covered in milkshake by an angry protester, Nigel Farage stares from every front page this morning. Along with other nationalist leaders in Europe he is poised to triumph on Thursday.
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The tech arms race shaping your future
Google has restricted Huawei’s use of Android this morning — a huge ramping up of the tech arms race between China and America. The eventual winner could dominate our lives for decades.
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Music, peace and a flicker of hope in Israel
Can Eurovision help solve the Israel-Palestine conflict? An absurd suggestion, perhaps. But, this weekend, all eyes are on Tel Aviv as it hosts the world’s biggest, glitziest talent contest.
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Alabama passes USA’s strictest abortion ban
Alabama’s new bill would outlaw abortion from the moment of conception, even in cases of rape and incest. It has sparked global outrage and fear for the future of women’s rights in America.
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The rise and rise of Britain’s billionaires
Do billionaires make their wealth at the expense of others? Yesterday, The Sunday Times published its annual Rich List, including a record 151 billionaires. Where does their money come from?
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Archie Harrison (Harry’s son) meets the Queen
What’s in a name? An awful lot judging by the reaction this morning to the adorable Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, aged three days, as he was introduced to his royal great granny.
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Britain staggers towards a general election
Both Tories and Labour were brutally punished last night for lack of clarity over Brexit and other issues, as local election results came in. Small parties did well. Big change is in the air.
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Trump lies pass 10,000. (And his fans don’t care)
President Trump has been described as “the most extravagant, reckless, inexhaustible fibber of our era”, sometimes clocking up 100 false claims in a day. Why is he still so popular?
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International climate rebellion launches today
The science is clear: we are facing an unprecedented global emergency according to the protest group Extinction Rebellion. In response, it is starting a week of global civil disobedience.
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Rwanda remembers its genocide 25 years on
This week, Rwanda commemorates the massacres of 1994, in which 800,000 people were killed in just 100 days. The country is now stable, but how does any society recover from such a horror?
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Britain’s secret plans for nuclear apocalypse
Amazing records of official preparations for World War Three in 1981 have been revealed by the National Archives. Just 40 years ago, the world was on the brink of war. How safe are we today?