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Death toll in Spain's floods rises to 158, among Europe's worst storm disasters — Reuters

The death toll from devastating flash floods in eastern Spain climbed to 158 on Thursday, with rescue teams still searching for those missin

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Fertility rate in England and Wales falls to lowest level since records began — Sky News

The biggest decline in fertility rates is among women in the 20-24 and 25-29 age groups, the latest data shows.

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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 70 as UN chief calls civilians’ plight ‘unbearable’ — The Guardian

One person killed as truck rams into bus stop in Israel, and Benjamin Netanyahu heckled at memorial event

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Israeli strikes kill 492 in heaviest daily toll in Lebanon since 1975-90 civil war — The Guardian

Israel says it has hit 1,300 targets in escalating conflict with Hezbollah, as tens of thousands flee their homes

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(Forget

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( forget #Tutankhamun - Monte found far greater but his major discoveries were over shadowed by #WorldWarII )

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'Criminal thuggery' in Sunderland as rioters target mosque and set police station on fire — Sky News

A police station was set on fire and objects thrown at officers as a protest in Sunderland escalated into a night of "criminal thuggery".

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‘A horrible way to die … and no doctors can help you’ — The Times and The Sunday Times

Maeve Boothby O’Neill’s diary reads like that of an ordinary child, excited about celebrating her birthday. “11.07pm. It’s 53 minutes until

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Reeves to appoint Covid corruption tsar to claw back billions of waste

Chancellor understood to believe £2.6bn of public money lost to fraudsters during pandemic could be recouped

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French left-wing coalition projected to beat the far right in surprise second-round result — CNN

In an unexpected second-round result, the New Popular Front is projected to finish ahead of Marine Le Pen’s far-right party in French parlia

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Labour to bring in automatic voter registration under plans to boost franchise — The Guardian

Exclusive: Party’s voting reform proposals could add millions more people to electoral roll for future polls

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Nobel prize winners and former Bank of England officials believe Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer can bring about ‘desperately needed’ change

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Rishi Sunak insists he has not given up on victory amid Tory fears of Labour landslide — Evening Standard

The PM said he was not conceding defeat despite Tory tactics warning about a massive Labour majority

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New Frank Hester race claims pile pressure on Tories over £15m donations — The Guardian

Exclusive: Hester allegedly used term ‘token Muslim’, imitated people of Chinese descent and said a person was attractive for a black woman

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Treasury rubbishes Rishi Sunak’s £2,000 tax hike election TV debate claim — The Independent

In a humiliating moment in the election for the prime minister, a scathing letter from top Treasury officials revealed that the figures reli

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Double hammer blow for Sunak as Farage becomes Reform leader and poll shows historic landside win for Labour — Evening Standard

The YouGov survey showed the Conservatives seeing their number of seats in the capital collapsing from 21 to just four

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Conservative Mark Logan defects to Labour over Gaza - saying 'we need a new government' — Sky News

Sir Keir Starmer is celebrating the third defection by a Tory to Labour in just over a month.