"We have one chance to stop this"
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Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again as US blockade continues – and Trump threatens to drop bombs if no deal by Wednesday
"So you have a blockade, and unfortunately we have to start dropping bombs again"
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Minister confirms government has planned for summer food shortages amid Iran war – as CO2 crisis threatens chicken, beer and healthcare supplies
Business secretary Peter Kyle has confirmed the government has been doing "scenario planning" for summer food shortages caused by the…
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Starmer accused of ‘corrosive complacency’ on UK defence by the man who wrote the government’s own defence review
He says Britain is "underprepared, underinsured, under attack and not safe" - and that a £28bn funding gap is going…
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Pope Leo hits back at Trump: ‘I have no fear – I will continue to speak out loudly against war’
He said he had "no fear" of the Trump administration and will not stop speaking out against war - adding…
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The Farage mirage: how a man funded by crypto billionaires sold himself as the voice of the working class
At what point does the "man of the people" act become impossible to sustain?
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Ministers preparing for mass protests as Iran war pushes up bills – and Polanski asks why they’re cracking down on protest instead of helping people
The UK government has been holding near-daily COBR meetings and drawing up contingency plans for possible mass protests as the…
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Starbucks UK gets £13.7m tax credit despite rising sales – as royalty fees wipe out its profits again
Starbucks UK received a £13.7m corporation tax credit last year despite a 6% rise in sales and opening 92 new…
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Conservatives vow to ban four-day working week for council staff – despite evidence it works
Labour says it has already told councils not to offer full-time pay for part-time work.
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Brexit is a ‘colossal economic shock’ doing more damage than the Iran crisis, says former Goldman Sachs chief economist
Lord Jim O'Neill, the former chief economist at Goldman Sachs who coined the term BRIC, has described Brexit as a…
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