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Wednesday briefing: In a new era of far-right organising, how can we tackle hate?

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-17T05:48:29+00:00

In today’s newsletter: The far right are using social media to foster division, from Southampton to Belfast, but there are calls for clear and urgent ways to counter digital radicalismGood morning. Ten years after the murder of the MP Jo Cox by a rightwing extremist in the run-up to the Brexit referendum, her sister Kim Leadbeater, now herself a MP, issued a clear and urgent summons.In an interview on our Today in Focus podcast, she proposed that political hatred in Britain is worse now than at the time of her sister’s killing, but insisted “those voices who are sowing the division are in the

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex gains 300 pts, Nifty holds above 24,000 as investors await US Fed policy signal

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-17T05:46:29+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Indian benchmark indices traded steady with a mild positive bias on Wednesday after a strong three-session rally driven by easing crude oil prices following the US-Iran peace deal, with investors now focused on the US Federal Reserve’s policy decision and global cues.

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CEEW study favours behaviour-driven strategy to control stubble burning in Punjab

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-17T05:29:59+00:00

The study found that while reported crop residue burning incidents have declined since 2022, evolving burning patterns and satellite-detection limitations mean fire counts must be interpreted alongside farmer behaviour

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"На окупованій Херсонщині росіяни облаштували свої позиції як ХАМАС у Газі – десятки кілометрів під землею", - полковник ЗСУ Владислав Волошин

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-06-17T05:26:00+00:00

Речник Сил оборони півдня України Владислав Волошин в інтерв’ю УНІАН розповів, як удари по логістиці росіян вплинули на спроможність ворога наступати й нові дедлайни із захоплення українських територій.

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Woman says she ‘didn’t understand mental health’ before daughter experiencing acute psychosis killed another child

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-17T05:17:37+00:00

Girl told mother she thought about killing people ‘all the time’, inquest into 10-year-old Biddy Porter’s death hearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe mother of a child killer did not understand mental health and consulted a naturopathic herbalist about concerns for her teenage daughter, an inquest has been told.Two weeks after the 14-year-old confessed to her mother that she thought about killing people “all the time”, the girl killed 10-year-old Biddy Porter at a property in rural New South Wales. Continue rea

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A nation shaped by rain: exhibition celebrates Scotland’s wettest obsession

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-17T05:00:24+00:00

Minnie the Minx and Macbeth feature in National Library’s exploration of how rainfall has shaped Scottish science, literature, history and identityIt seems fitting that, 250 years ago, one of Scotland’s foremost scientists took a close interest in what is arguably the country’s most famous feature: rainJames Hutton, celebrated by Scots as the father of modern geology, went so far as to write a formula for “a theory of rain”. In 1784, he sketched out the key principles for the “condensation of aqueous vapour contained in the air”. Continue reading...

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BBC presenter Ashley Cain called women ‘slags’, ‘sluts’ and ‘bitches’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-17T05:00:24+00:00

Exclusive: Cain has been lauded by corporation for his appeal to young men despite history of abusive and misogynistic remarks• Warning: this article contains sexually explicit, offensive languageA BBC presenter lauded by the corporation for his appeal to young male audiences has a history of making abusive and misogynistic remarks about women, whom he has variously called “slags”, “sluts”, “psychos” and “bitches”, the Guardian can reveal.Ashley Cain is the presenter of the BBC Three documentary series Ashley Cain: Into the Danger Zone, which was filmed on location earlier this year after the

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Sierra Leone’s first lady refuses to condemn FGM without ‘reliable data’ on harms

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-17T05:00:23+00:00

Exclusive: health professionals, survivors and politicians voice concerns in open letter over comments by Fatima Maadi Bio, who denies supporting the practiceThe first lady of Sierra Leone has denied that she supports female genital mutilation amid rising anger around her perceived approval of the practice.But in an exclusive response to the Guardian, Fatima Maada Bio, the wife of President Julius Maada Bio, also said she would not openly condemn FGM until she saw “reliable data” that the practice was harmful. Continue reading...

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Fashion tycoon Bernard Arnault accused of stranglehold over French business press

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-17T05:00:23+00:00

Arnault’s addition of leading weekly to stable of publications raises concerns about media ownership in FranceHe is known as the “wolf in cashmere” – the owner of the world’s biggest luxury group whose brands including Louis Vuitton, Dior and Tiffany have made him one of the world’s richest people.But Bernard Arnault, a close friend of Donald Trump, is under fire from journalists’ unions in France for buying up almost all the country’s business and economic press. Continue reading...

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John Lewis injects £20m into Glasgow city centre store in wider branch reboot

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-17T05:00:23+00:00

Upgrade to Buchanan Galleries part of £50m spend this year and £800m by 2029 to revive appeal of department storesJohn Lewis is to spend £20m on a revamp of its Glasgow store in the city centre’s Buchanan Galleries in a vote of confidence in the shopping mall not long ago scheduled for demolition.It is the largest cash injection within a wider plan to spend £50m this financial year on refreshing its shops, with department stores in Reading, Cambridge, Leicester and Liverpool all earmarked for an upgrade. Continue reading...

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Ghana to advance reparatory justice at first major gathering since landmark UN resolution

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-17T05:00:22+00:00

Heads of state and participants from more than 80 countries at three-day event in Accra to pursue actionable commitments to reconciliation and restitutionGhana is hosting a conference to advance the continent’s push for reparatory justice after the adoption of the landmark United Nations (UN) resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.Heads of state and government, ministers, civil society representatives, historians, researchers and legal experts representing more than 80 countries are converging in the capital, Accra, for the three-day eve

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Lib Dems to urge Labour to drop ‘torpor and timidity’ on EU and rejoin single market

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-17T05:00:22+00:00

Exclusive: Ed Davey to make call ahead of 10th anniversary of Brexit vote, in strengthening of party’s position on EUThe Lib Dems will urge Andy Burnham to end Labour’s “torpor and timidity” towards the EU as they call for the UK to rejoin the single market, in a notable strengthening of their own position.Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote next week, Ed Davey will challenge Burnham to scrap Labour’s red lines on the customs union and single market if he becomes prime minister and immediately begin talks on a more ambitious deal with the EU. Continue reading...

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex, Nifty hold gains as investors await Fed policy signal amid global caution

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-17T04:47:48+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Indian benchmark indices traded steady with a mild positive bias on Wednesday after a strong three-session rally driven by easing crude oil prices following the US-Iran peace deal, with investors now focused on the US Federal Reserve’s policy decision and global cues.

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Rupee rises 31 paise to 94.29 against US dollar in early trade

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-17T04:46:51+00:00

Forex traders said the rupee opened on a positive note as Brent crude has fallen to near $79 per barrel — a three-month low — as markets price in the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Iran framework.

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Revanth Reddy, Kishan Reddy spar over Rs 13,600 crore Hyderabad Metro loan

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-17T04:26:51+00:00

Kishan Reddy dismissed allegations of delaying the IRFC loan for Hyderabad Metro, saying the Centre has supported Telangana’s projects, while Revanth Reddy sought a meeting with the Railway Minister to resolve the issue.

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« La relation avec Washington sur laquelle reposait le pouvoir de Benyamin Nétanyahou s’est transformée en fardeau »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-17T04:20:22+00:00

L’impasse stratégique produite par l’attaque contre l’Iran amplifie le basculement de l’opinion publique américaine, qui voit toujours d’un plus mauvais œil les guerres sans fin voulues par Israël, relève Gilles Paris, éditorialiste au « Monde », dans sa chronique.

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