In this issue

March 23, 2024

Dozens killed in attack on theatre in Moscow

Dozens of people were killed and many more wounded according to reports last night of the worst terror attack in Russia in years, as gunmen in combat fatigues opened fire and carrying rifles fired at point blank range into bodies strewn about the lobby of the concert hall.

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Princess of Wales receiving chemotherapy treatment

The Princess of Wales disclosed yesterday that she had been diagnosed with cancer and was in the early stages of chemotherapy treatment.

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Taxpayers have spent £400,000 on sending ministers to Rwanda

Sending ministers and officials to Rwanda has cost the government more than £400,000 before a single deportation flight has taken off, new figures show.

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Dear little bunny: Lindt mini rabbit is 'costliest treat this Easter'

It's the bite-sized bunny that could take a big chunk out of your Easter budget. Cost-conscious chocaholics might want to steer clear of Lindt's tiniest golden rabbit after a Guardian investigation found that pound-forpound it seems to be the priciest Easter treat on supermarket shelves.

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Kremlin hits energy targets in Ukraine and says it is now in a state of war

More than a million Ukrainians were left without power yesterday after Russia launched one of its largest missile and drone attacks on the country's energy infrastructure to date.

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Next chapter Cancer announcement heralds tough pause in royal fairytale

For the royal family, Catherine has been a dream princess.

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Pride of place Rare camellias bloom again after £5m restoration at Yorkshire estate

These plants would have been the Van Dycks of their day, there was that much kudos attached to them,\" said Scott Jamieson, a head gardener, in front of some of the oldest, rarest camellias in the western world which are now flourishing, against all odds, in South Yorkshire.

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Local elections Results will show depths of Conservatives' troubles

Ata bus depot in Heanor, Derbyshire, Rishi Sunak valiantly rehearsed some of the arguments the Conservatives are preparing to deploy against Keir Starmer and Labour at the local elections in May.

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Getting shirty Why England's new football kit is making the nation so cross

On Monday it was just another piece of merchandise, by yesterday it was a topic of national debate.

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'Deplorable publicity' Club considers legal advice as calls for change grow

Yesterday morning an email was sent by the Garrick Club's chairman to all 1,500 members informing them that the club was \"urgently considering\" new legal advice indicating that its rules already permitted the admission of women as members.

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Hirst shark that sold for about $8m is fourth 2017 work dated to 1990s

A Damien Hirst shark preserved in formaldehyde that was purchased by American billionaires was dated to the 1990s even though it was not made until 2017, the Guardian can reveal.

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'Horse whisperer', 70, given life term for murdering husband, 72, after row

A woman has been jailed for life for murdering her \"abusive\" husband of 27 years after stabbing him in the back as he pushed a barrow of horse manure at their Devon farm.

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Senior Labour MPs want to weaken proposed reforms to abortion laws

Senior Labour figures want to water down proposed legislation to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales before a historic Commons debate on the issue.

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'It's a gold standard' How Northern Ireland leads way on right to choose

The Family Planning Association advisers in Shaftesbury Square remember the days of siege when antiabortion protesters staked out the entrances to their office in central Belfast.

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Man who duped couple then killed them with fentanyl given life sentence

A man who poisoned a couple with fentanyl, having spent years creating a series of fake personas to manipulate them, has been given a life sentence with a minimum term of 37 years for their murders.

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Scottish land ownership 'more concentrated' despite reforms

Land ownership in Scotland is more concentrated despite two decades of land reform laws, with green capital investors becoming increasingly dominant, according to a new study.

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Green power The young generation aiming to shake up Panama's politics

In October, seven months before Panama's general election, thousands of young environmentalists marched through the streets of Panama City demanding the closure of an open-pit copper mine, one of the largest in the Americas.

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I discovered... why many frogs and other amphibian species were disappearing

It was while we were sitting and talking in a hotel bar at the first global congress of Herpetology that the world's amphibian experts realised there was a problem: frogs, toads, salamanders and newts were disappearing in their thousands and nobody understood why.

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Russia and China veto US's security council resolution urging ceasefire

A US resolution urging a ceasefire in Gaza linked to a hostage deal was vetoed by Russia and China in the UN Security Council yesterday, extending the five-month impasse in the international body over the IsraelHamas war, which has killed more than 32,000 people.

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Gaza pays a heavy price Cost of food soars - when there is any

I  don't know when these merchants are going to stop treating us like we're citizens of New York,\"

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Trump could net $3bn after investors approve Truth Social stock market float

Investors approved plans to take Donald Trump's social media platform public yesterday, netting the former US president a paper fortune of $3bn (£2.4bn).

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"Turning off the factory of hate' Polish TV tunes in to a new tolerance

On his first day as the new head of TVP, the sprawling Polish public television holding, Tomasz Sygut spent four hours locked in his office while a crowd outside banged on the door trying to gain access.

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Birth of a movement Paris show recreates historic meeting of impressionist artists

In a luxurious photographer's studio in northern Paris, Pierre auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas are adding the final touches to the hanging of their paintings, while fellow artists Berthe Morisot and Camille Pissarro lament the lack of recognition for their work and Claude Monet bemoans being mistaken for Édouard Manet.

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'Brazen' Bollywood accused of being poll tool for BJP

They are films that claim to tell the \"real story\" of India's history, taking aim at the evils of \"leftists\" and \"intellectuals\" and even Mahatma Gandhi.

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