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The British public was “expecting to be surprised” by the first tranche of the Mandelson files, said Ailbhe Rea in The New Statesman. But the 147 pages of emails and documents “contained neither a smoking gun nor bombshell revelation”, said Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby. The picture remains...
The power struggle in the Middle East is rippling across the Red Sea and fuelling Sudan’s bloody civil war. Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has “torn the country apart” since 2023, said The Times. Each side is backed by different Gulf countries an...
Parents’ behaviour is harming the mental health of more than three-quarters (78%) of headteachers, a poll of 1,759 members of the Association of School and College Leaders suggests. The union warned today at its annual conference in Liverpool that “unreasonable” parents, and the “huge amount of work...
$11.3 billion: The cost to the US of the first six days of the Iran war. Pentagon officials reportedly told lawmakers in a closed briefing that most of the spending was on munitions. But insiders said the estimated total did not factor in expenses including the earlier deployment of troops, aircraft...
“For more than 50 years, we’ve chosen to honour our greatest citizens” on our banknotes, in tribute to their “genius, courage and creativity”, said Tory MP Tom Tugendhat in The Telegraph. Now, the Bank of England is replacing them with British wildlife, following a public consultation. Swapping hist...
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