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UN reports 53 people dead or missing after refugee boat sinks off Libya
Fifty-three people are dead or missing after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, the UN said yesterday.
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February 10, 2026
The Guardian
Iran arrests reformists close to president as tensions rise over crackdown on dissent
The head of Iran’s Reformists Front, the organisation instrumental in securing the election of Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has been arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in a move likely to exacerbate tensions over the handling of recent street protests.
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February 10, 2026
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Film review Provocative postmodern take makes mockery of Brontë classic
Writer-director Emerald Fennell cranks up the campery as she reinvents Emily Brontë’s windswept tale of Cathy and Heathcliff as a 20-page fashion shoot of relentless silliness, with bodices ripped and a saucy slap of BDSM.
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February 10, 2026
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'I'm not prepared to walk away,' embattled Starmer tells MPs
Cabinet rallies behind PM after Scottish party leader tells him to quit
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February 10, 2026
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'Rayner for leader' site briefly appeared online
An unfinished website claiming to launch Angela Rayner’s Labour leadership campaign was published temporarily in January, prompting further speculation that the former deputy prime minister could be gearing up for a leadership contest to replace Keir Starmer.
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February 10, 2026
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Russian military suffers blow after Musk blocks access to Starlink satellite internet
Russia’s military is scrambling to find alternatives to Starlink satellite internet after access to the network was curtailed, disrupting a key communications system that its forces had been usingillicitly on the battlefield.
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February 10, 2026
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'Stuff shouted at me from the sidelines was ridiculous. All the classics'
“I probably stood out like a sore thumb,” says Hollie Davidson as she reflects on the long hard road she has travelled to reach the point where, on Saturday, in Dublin, she will become the first woman to referee a men’s Six Nations game.
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February 10, 2026
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'An excellent operation' How Downing Street machine saved Starmer, for now
Around 1.30pm yesterday, Downing Street officials feared the worst.
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February 10, 2026
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Howe: I would quit if I was not the right man for Newcastle
Eddie Howe has said he would offer Newcastle his resignation if he believed he was no longer the right man to lead the club.
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February 10, 2026
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UN leads international condemnation of 'life sentence' for China critic Jimmy Lai
The UK, the UN, the EU and rights groups have condemned the sentencing of the pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai, a British citizen who has been jailed for an unprecedented 20 years in Hong Kong for national security convictions that critics say are politically motivated.
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February 10, 2026
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At this rate the PM will soon be rattling around No 10, hearing only the echoes of his own voice
Not another one. On Sunday it was Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, who took one for the team by resigning over the Peter Mandelson appointment.
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February 10, 2026
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See-red wall Angry voters have no love for Labour in Makerfield
When he rose to his feet in the Commons for the first time in 2024, the Labour MP Josh Simons echoed the prime minister’s promise to deliver.
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February 10, 2026
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Madagascar The rickshaw drivers setting their sights on ultra-trail glory
It is a fiercely competitive market, and one of the toughest physical jobs in Madagascar’s Antsirabe, but over the past five years the cycle rickshaw driver Haja Nirina has honed his athletic prowess alongside his business.
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February 10, 2026
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Hackers are stepping up attacks on defence firms, says Google
Defence companies, their hiring processes and their employees have become a key target of state-backed cyber-espionage, according to a report from Google.
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February 10, 2026
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Congress Maxwell criticised for refusing to answer questions
Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions during a closed-door congressional deposition yesterday, prompting criticism from a US congressman backing efforts to release Jeffrey Epstein investigative files.
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February 10, 2026
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English Heritage 'bonding' benches to tackle isolation among parents
The great stone circles, abbeys, castles and manor houses that English Heritage manages acted for centuries as places for people to meet and mingle.
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February 10, 2026
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UK and US descend to new lows in global index of corruption
The UK and US have sunk to new lows in a global index of corruption, amid a “worrying trend” of democratic institutions being eroded by political donations, cash for access and state targeting of campaigners and journalists.
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February 10, 2026
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Troubles-rooted play Sapling wins £20,000 Women's prize
A work that explores what happens when trauma is left to fester, set in Troubles-era Belfast, has been named the winner of the Women's prize for playwriting 2025.
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February 10, 2026
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Britain expands Hong Kong visa scheme after 'cruel' punishment
Ministers have opened up visas to thousands more people from Hong Kong after the pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was given a 20-year prison sentence.
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February 10, 2026
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Bad Bunny's joyful Super Bowl show draws rebuke from Trump
Bad Bunny transformed the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, into a vibrant homage to Puerto Rico during Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, delivering a high-energy journey through the island’s culture - and drawing the ire of Donald Trump.
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February 10, 2026
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King 'ready to support' police over Andrew
King Charles has expressed his “profound concern” over allegations about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and will “stand ready to support” the police if approached over the claims, Buckingham Palace has said.
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February 10, 2026
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After the flood
Relief as UK's first climate refugees head for safer ground
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February 10, 2026
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Experts alarmed over UK exports to firm linked to Russian war machine
The government has been urged to reexamine a British company’s contract to export hi-tech machinery to Armenia after the Guardian uncovered links to the supply chain for Russia’s war machine.
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February 10, 2026
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Latest exit Most senior civil servant in No 10 set to depart
The most senior civil servant in Downing Street is negotiating his exit as part of a wider shakeup of Keir Starmer's operation after one of the most dramatic 48 hours of the prime minister's time in office, sources have told the Guardian.
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February 10, 2026
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NatWest wins £2.7bn battle for wealth manager Evelyn
NatWest has agreed a £2.7bn deal to buy Evelyn Partners, one of the UK's biggest wealth managers, in the bank's largest acquisition since it was bailed out by taxpayers in 2008.
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February 10, 2026
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Win worth more than just three points, says Haaland
Erling Haaland says Manchester City’s dramatic 2-1 win at Liverpool on Sunday meant more than just the points and represented a statement from the club in terms of the Premier League title race.
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February 10, 2026
The Guardian
It's the talk of the slopes - just don't mention it
After a national scandal in their homeland, Norwegian fans at these Games don't enjoy becoming a punchline
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February 10, 2026
The Guardian
World must stop prioritising GDP or face climate disaster, UN chief warns
The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, the UN secretary general has warned.
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February 10, 2026
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Tearful Muir misses out on medal by fine margin
Long after the finale of this compelling women’s freeski slopestyle competition, Kirsty Muir was still struggling to process the cruellest loss of her young career.
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February 10, 2026
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Rainfall records are broken as the winter deluge stretches to 40 days
“Feels like it hasn’t stopped raining?” the Met Office asked yesterday.
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