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May 11, 2024

Israel isolated as UN backs Palestine membership bid

The UN general assembly voted overwhelmingly yesterday to back a Palestinian bid for full UN membership, in a move that signalled Israel’s growing isolation amid global alarm over the war in Gaza and the extent of the humanitarian crisis .

4 mins

IT contractor failed to report MoD data hack for months

The information technology company targeted in a Chinese hack that accessed the data of hundreds of thousands of Ministry of Defence staff failed to report the breach for months, the Guardian can reveal.

2 mins

Service sector growth helps to pull UK out of recession

The UK is officially out of recession after figures showed that the economy grew by 0.6% in the first three months of the year.

3 mins

Are you kidding me? Italian island inundated with offers to adopt its roaming goats

When the mayor of a remote Italian island grappling with an overpopulation of wild goats offered to give the animals away, he anticipated a smattering of interest from farmers on neighbouring isles who were perhaps keen to boost their production of ricotta cheese.

3 mins

NFU lobbied minister to increase amount of pesticides allowed in drinking water

The National Farmers' Union lobbied to increase the amount of pesticides allowed in the UK's drinking water and to allow farmers to spread manure more frequently as part of a post-Brexit loosening of environmental regulations, it can be revealed.

2 mins

Cost of royal security cannot be made public, judges rule

Judges on a freedom of information tribunal have ruled that the cost of protecting members of the royal family cannot be revealed to the public.

2 mins

Disunited in music Frustration and fury as Israel row clouds Eurovision

The official motto of the 68th edition of Eurovision is “united by music”, but as the continent’s sequined masses descended on the Swedish city of Malmö for tonight’s grand final, music’s ability to heal and bridge divides was looking in serious doubt.

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Disunited in music Frustration and fury as Israel row clouds Eurovision

The official motto of the 68th edition of Eurovision is \"united by music\", but as the continent's sequined masses descended on the Swedish city of Malmö for tonight's grand final, music's ability to heal and bridge divides was looking in serious doubt.

3 mins

Elphicke Call for party to become 'less tribal'

Labour should be \"less tribal\" and open to \"reasonably minded people, whichever way they voted in the past\", Keir Starmer said yesterday.

2 mins

Labour Is Starmer pushing party base too far?

Two days after defecting to Labour, the former Conservative Natalie Elphicke stood in front of a pure red backdrop as she introduced Keir Starmer in her Dover constituency - on the frontline of the battle over stopping small boat crossings.

3 mins

Starmer pledges to stop Rwanda flights from day one if elected

Labour will not allow any deportation flights to take off for Rwanda from the moment it wins an election, Keir Starmer said yesterday.

3 mins

Starmer pledges to stop Rwanda flights from day one if elected

Labour will not allow any deportation flights to take off for Rwanda from the moment it wins an election, Keir Starmer said yesterday.

3 mins

Style, but no substance? Dismay as Met Gala loses political edge

As pro-Palestinian protests unfolded blocks away, the Met Gala, which took place in New York on Monday evening, unfolded devoid of political statement.

3 mins

Tunnels of love Project allows endangered adders to cross road to breed

How did the adder cross the road? It didn't it was too scared.

2 mins

"Today we flee again' Palestinians seek safety from strikes on Rafah

Under a blazing summer sun, tens of thousands of Palestinians fled Israeli bombardment and clashes with Hamas militants in Rafah yesterday, choking roads with carts, bicycles, pickup trucks and wheelchairs.

4 mins

No Ken do Blunt, stunts and Gosling: how did The Fall Guy flop?

On paper, it couldn't fail.

3 mins

Rappers' row Toronto eatery proves the only winner amid artists' feud

When he arrived for dinner with his mother at the New Ho King, Averie Taylor Francois , 14, did not need to read the menu.

3 mins

Lurid and gripping Daniels' testimony humiliated Trump.Will it turn voters off?

Stormy Daniels may have regarded sex with Donald Trump as brief, unimaginative and regrettable but the adult film star has gripped the US with a salacious and lengthy retelling of the encounter to a New York court this week.

4 mins

Thousands of people displaced as floods cause chaos in Kenya

Kenya is grappling with floods that have killed 257 people across the east African nation, after weeks of torrential rainfall scientists have linked to the El Niño weather phenomenon.

1 min

Tourism Surfer killings highlight Mexico's violent undercurrents

The killings of the Australian brothers Callum and Jake T Robinson and their American friend Jack Carter Rhoad have highlighted the shifting and uncertain fault lines of risk in Mexico, which is simultaneously a major tourism destination and a country with hotspots of extraordinary violence.

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