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‘Toxic’ views of Reform UK candidates raise questions about party’s vetting

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-23T18:59:58+00:00

Hope Not Hate campaign identifies election hopefuls calling for a ‘white Britain’ and complaining of ‘kowtowing to the black community’A Reform UK candidate who called for a “white Britain” and said Keir Starmer should be shot is among a number of contenders fuelling doubts about the party’s claim to have tightened up its vetting.The past comments of Linda McFarlane and other political hopefuls have been unearthed ahead of the 7 May elections, including one who complained about “constant kowtowing to the black community” and others who endorsed the far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Continue r

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DoJ inspector general to audit department’s compliance with Epstein Files Transparency Act

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-23T18:59:50+00:00

Mandated release of files was marred by missed deadlines, leaked victims’ information and excessive redactionsUS politics live – latest updatesThe US Department of Justice’s office of the inspector general (OIG) announced on Thursday that it is launching an audit of the justice department’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.In a news release, the deputy inspector general William M Blier, who the statement said is performing the duties of the inspector general, said that the “preliminary objective” of the internal probe “is to evaluate the [justice department’s] processes for

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Tanzania Report Blames ‘Outside Forces’ for Deadly Election Violence

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-23T18:56:11+00:00

The findings in a new report by a commission appointed by the government were at odds with details from human rights groups, which estimate that hundreds and possibly thousands of people were killed.

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Trump may talk of regime infighting, but Iran seems united by strategy born of war

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-23T18:55:08+00:00

Tensions around US negotiations may reflect mistake of assassinating more pragmatic and experienced figuresMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has claimed that the infighting between moderates and hardliners in Iran’s leadership is so intense that the country has “no idea who their leader is”, but many Iranian experts questioned his analysis, saying that – given the mass assassinations of senior commanders – the country has shown remarkable institutional cohesion.Trump’s allegations of “CRAZY” splits in the Iranian leadership – the second outing for this argument in three days – is r

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Iran War Live Updates: Trump to Host Israeli and Lebanese Officials at White House

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-23T18:53:28+00:00

The talks, scheduled for later today, were moved to the White House from the State Department. The fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, mainly halted by a cease-fire, has threatened to undermine efforts to broker a larger peace deal in the Iran war.

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Touring Africa, Pope Leo Raised His Voice, but Didn’t Like the Echo

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-04-23T18:49:09+00:00

On his recent trip abroad, Leo XIV made some of his most forthright comments since becoming pope last year, but grew uncomfortable at how that criticism was interpreted.

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D4vd possessed child sexual abuse images, LA murder prosecutors say

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-23T18:40:18+00:00

Police allegedly found images on iCloud account of singer accused of killing 14-year-old Celeste Rivas HernandezA Los Angeles prosecutor said that the singer D4vd, who was charged this week in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, was in possession of a “significant amount of child pornography”.Police allegedly found the images on the iCloud account of the 21-year-old singer, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke. Continue reading...

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Baby died after NHS trust failed to warn mother of ‘unsafe’ home birth, coroner finds

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-23T18:34:23+00:00

Seven-day-old Poppy Hope Lomas died after complications during home birth encouraged by midwives at Barnet hospitalA mother who lost her baby a week after an “unsafe” home birth that went against medical advice was failed by the NHS, an inquest has found.Poppy Hope Lomas was seven days old when she died at University College hospital in London on 26 October 2022 after complications during a home birth that, according to her mother, was encouraged by midwives at Barnet hospital. Continue reading...

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Extended naval blockade is admission US military escalation poses even greater risk

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-23T18:15:27+00:00

Battle of the blockades may still have more time to run as the US and Iran try to assert control over the strait of HormuzDonald Trump’s decision to extend the naval blockade of Iran indefinitely may do nothing to reduce world oil prices – but it could amount to a recognition that further US military escalation in breach of the nominal ceasefire comes with greater risk against a regime disinclined to surrender.In theory, Trump’s military options are increasing. A third US carrier strike group, the George HW Bush, is due to arrive in the Middle East within days after rounding South Africa. A se

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Итоги торгов на Мосбирже 23 апреля

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-04-23T18:10:13+00:00

Главный бенчмарк российского фондового рынка по итогам основной сессии в четверг, 22 апреля, увеличился на 0,36% до 2771,46 пункта. Его долларовый аналог индекс РТС прибавил 0,58% и составил 1166,66 пункта.

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UK prepared to deploy RAF Typhoons to keep strait of Hormuz open after Iran war

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-23T18:08:41+00:00

Proposal at heart of offer made during a 30-country two-day meeting jointly organised by FranceMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritain is prepared to deploy a squadron of RAF Typhoons based in Qatar to patrol over the strait of Hormuz as part of a multinational mission to keep open the strategic waterway once the Iran war comes to an end.The UK military also offered to deploy mine-hunting drones and specialist divers to help clear the strait mined by Iran – but no decision has been made on whether HMS Dragon or another warship would also be deployed. Continue reading...

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Landmark report details lasting impact of slavery in key Georgia county

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-23T18:06:37+00:00

Taskforce report examines how effects of slavery and Jim Crow in Fulton county continue to harm Black residentsA Georgia taskforce has released a landmark report that details the lasting impact of slavery and its afterlives in Fulton county.The report, spanning more than 600 pages, is based on original research by the Fulton county reparations taskforce and a review of primary source documents. It is the first – of its kind in the nation, according to county leaders and researchers. Rather than examining the impact of slavery and racism at the federal or state level, the harm report investigat

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La UE urge a avanzar en la adhesión de Ucrania tras la marcha de Orbán

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-04-23T18:03:06+00:00

Los líderes europeos celebran aliviados junto con Zelenski la aprobación del préstamo para Ucrania y la aprobación del nuevo paquete de sanciones tras levantar Hungría su veto

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Leone XIV: “Proteggere gli innocenti, non accetto la guerra”. Migranti trattati “peggio di animali”

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-04-23T18:01:18+00:00

Sul volo di ritorno dall’Africa il Papa in conferenza stampa racconta che porta con sé la foto del bambino libanese ucciso dall’aviazione israeliana che lo aveva salutato durante il viaggio a Beirut. Coppie gay in Germania, no alle benedizioni formalizzate ma Chiesa aperta a “tutti, tutti, tutti” come diceva Francesco

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Ваші дані - не персональні. Уряд знає про вас усе і хвалиться цим

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-04-23T18:01:00+00:00

Прем'єр-міністерка Юлія Свириденко фактично визнала, що "Національний кешбек", за яким українцям відшкодовується частина вартості продуктів харчування, господарчих товарів - і тепер вже пального, - означає...

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Guerra in Iran, le news di oggi. Media iraniani, a Teheran attivate le difese aeree

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-04-23T17:56:12+00:00

Trump: “Ho dato ordine di affondare le barche posamine a Hormuz. Controlliamo lo Stretto, è sigillato fino a un accordo”. Ancora stallo nei negoziati con gli Usa. Teheran ha incassato i primi proventi dal pedaggio nello Stretto. Il Segretario alla Marina americano intanto lascia “con effetto immediato”, l’annuncio dell’avvicendamento senza fornire spiegazioni. Gli Stati Uniti hanno bloccato una petroliera iraniana nell’Oceano Indiano

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Thousands call on UK ministers to cut ties with US tech giant Palantir

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-23T17:52:34+00:00

More than 200,000 have signed petitions urging the government to break contracts, amid concerns about the company’s ‘supervillain’ manifestoOver 200,000 people have called on ministers to break contracts with Palantir in an apparent groundswell of public concern about the US tech company’s role in the NHS, police, military and councils.Two petitions have attracted 229,000 signatures, one calling for the government to end all public contracts with the firm, whose software is used by Donald Trump’s ICE immigration enforcement programme and the Israeli military, and another urging the health secr

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Slovenia to air films about Palestine instead of Eurovision song contest

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-23T17:43:25+00:00

National broadcaster confirms it will not broadcast world’s largest live music eventNational broadcasters in Ireland, Spain and Slovenia will not air the Eurovision song contest this year, after they decided to boycott the event over Israel’s participation.Having already announced it would not submit a national entry, Slovenian broadcaster RTV confirmed on Thursday it would implement a broadcasting blackout of the world’s largest live music event and instead show a series of films about Palestine. Continue reading...

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Dozens of Mexican mafia members arrested in California crackdown

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-23T17:42:30+00:00

Prosecutors say 43 people indicted on charges including murder, kidnapping, extortion and drug traffickingMore than two dozen members and associates of the Mexican mafia were arrested during an early morning crackdown in southern California, federal authorities said on Thursday.The FBI and other federal and local agencies executed search and arrest warrants at locations mostly in Orange county, south of Los Angeles, according to the US attorney’s office. Continue reading...

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‘Hairdryer or lighter?’ French police look at claim of sensor tampering to win weather bets

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-23T17:39:05+00:00

Forecasting service raises alarm over data from Paris airport used to settle Polymarket wagers on temperatureFrench police are investigating alleging tampering with national weather forecasting service equipment after a series of unusual temperature readings coincided with suspicious winning bets made on Polymarket.Data from a Météo-France weather station at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport was used to settle bets between online gamblers on what the temperature would be in Paris for March and the first weeks of April. Continue reading...

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‘Hairdryer or lighter?’: French police look at claim of sensor tampering to win weather bets

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-04-23T17:39:05+00:00

Forecasting service raises alarm over data from Paris airport used to settle Polymarket wagers on temperatureFrench police are investigating alleged tampering with national weather forecasting service equipment after a series of unusual temperature readings coincided with suspicious winning bets made on Polymarket.Data from a Météo-France weather station at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport was used to settle bets between online gamblers on what the temperature would be in Paris for March and the first weeks of April. Continue reading...

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