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July 25, 2022

Thousands Ordered To Repay Benefits As £500m Clawed Back In Pandemic Payments

Nearly 15,000 people say they have been wrongly ordered to pay back universal credit payments, as the government attempts to claw back £500m in pandemic benefit handouts.

4 mins

The Indian Girls Banned By School For Wearing The Hijab

India's Supreme Court is set to rule on an explosive case that has seen six Muslim teenagers denied an education because they wear the controversial head-covering, writes Arpan Rai

5 mins

Volcano Eruption In Japan Forces Hundreds To Evacuate

A volcano on Japan's western island of Kyushu has erupted, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people.

1 min

A Grain Deal In Ukraine Will Not Avert A Global Food Crisis

The deal was heralded as the breakthrough solution to looming world hunger, and the feared conflict and even mass migration that could follow in its wake.

6 mins

India Risks Slipping Into The Apartheid Mandela Fought

This year's Nelson Mandela International Day which fell on Mandela's birthday (18 July) - was marked by historic speeches that warned of an unprecedented assault on our democracy.

4 mins

Alcohol cannot be dismissed as doing us no 'good' at all

Last week I stumbled on a report that concluded no amount of alcohol is good for your health if you are under 40.

3 mins

Ukraine's Political Strength Could Be Starting To Subside

President Zelensky has risen magnificently to the challenge of leading a nation at war but the strain of such an effort would be felt by any administration, writes Mary Dejevsky

10+ mins

'Pure creation of the spirit'

More than three years after flames engulfed Notre-Dame, a new film recounts the events of the day. Elise Bell examines the history that provoked such a visceral reaction to the fire

5 mins

Gray Area: Netflix Is Being Hunted Down By Its Rivals

The streamer's critical and commercial hits have come from some surprising places and it has to give creators space and take risks. But, James Moore asks, will Wall Street allow it?

4 mins

Board of Cricket Scotland resigns, day before release of 'watershed' racism report

The board of Cricket Scotland has resigned ahead of the publication of an independent report into racism.

1 min

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