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Washington freezes Britain’s £31bn ‘step change’ tech deal
The US has paused its promised multibillion-pound investment into British tech over trade disagreements, marking a major setback in US-UK relations.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
With critical details missing from the workers' rights bill, the big battles are yet to come
Will the employment rights bill be passed by Christmas?
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Albanese PM rejects Netanyahu criticism
Australia's prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has rejected accusations from his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, that Australia's recognition of a Palestinian state earlier this year had contributed to Sunday's deadly antisemitic terrorist attack on Bondi beach in Sydney.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Exam provider fined for range of serious breaches
One of the world’s biggest providers of educational services has been fined more than £2m for a range of serious breaches related to examination standards that could have affected tens of thousands of students.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Antisemitism Labour donor criticised for blaming rise on Netanyahu
The green entrepreneur and Labour donor Dale Vince has faced condemnation for saying the Israeli government is partly responsible for a rise in antisemitism globally, after the murder of 15 people at a Hanukah event in Sydney.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Business chiefs urge Tory peers to pass employment rights bill
Business leaders have urged Tory peers to stop blocking Labour's workers' rights bill because it could scupper a deal with trade unions.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Tributes Celebrities remember 'life always turned up to 11'
Hollywood was left in shock after the sudden death of the director and actor Rob Reiner, who has been found at his Los Angeles home with his wife, Michele Singer Reiner.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Old foes resume battle, shoulder to shoulder in the shadow of tragedy
The violence and aftermath in Bondi have cast the third Test in a sombre light, as England bid to start fightback
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
'Hard to fathom'
A perfect day ... before joy was snatched away
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Funeral industry faces action to end 'unregulated free for all' in England
The funeral industry in England faces being regulated for the first time after a series of scandals over the handling of remains.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Menzies puts blood on the floor in dark side of darts
The Scot isa wry ex-plumber who wears his heart on his sleeve - why do the Ally Pally crowd enjoy goading him?
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Spinal Tap to Seinfeld Talent that changed Hollywood for ever
As a filmmaker, Rob Reiner championed humour, civility and intelligence - qualities you suppose would be out of step with the Hollywood of the 1980s where he made his name, and in the 1990s where he scored a series of extraordinary, far-reaching successes.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Red Roses, Lionesses and Ryder Cup side in Spoty tussle
England’s Lionesses are up against their rugby union counterparts, the Red Roses, and Europe’s winning Ryder Cup side on the shortlist for team of the year at the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Britain caught in 'a space between peace and war', warns new head of MI6
Britain is caught in \"a space between peace and war\" complicated by the rise of artificial intelligence and other technologies dominated by powerful individuals and corporations, according to the new head of MI6.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Timeline of terror
How the mass shooting at Bondi beach unfolded
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Anti-migrant conservative wins Chile’s presidential poll
The ultraconservative former congressman José Antonio Kast has been elected as Chile’s next president.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Super-complaint against police over 'inhumane' sexual offences delays
A super-complaint has been filed against police forces in England and Wales over years-long delays in investigating sexual offences.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
'If we rocked up at Cardiff with tiki-taka, the locals wouldn't be having it'
Brian Barry-Murphy faces his former colleague Enzo Maresca and Chelsea in the Carabao Cup tonight
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
New mortgage rules could help gig workers on to property ladder
Freelancers and gig economy workers could enjoy more flexibility over how and when they pay their mortgage under new plans designed to help more people get on the property ladder.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Squeezed Brighton's shops fear for future amid hard times for high street
It's lunchtime at Dormitory, an independent bed-linen store on Gloucester Road in Brighton, and the proprietors, Sue Graham and Cathy Marriott, are peering across the street at the Brighton Sausage Co.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
AA's owners eye sale as rival RAC weighs flotation
The private equity owners of the AA, Britain's biggest roadside recovery business, are looking for a potential £5bn sale or stock market flotation, while the owners of the rival RAC are targeting a London listing with a similar valuation.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Nobel laureate Machado injured her spine during voyage to Oslo
The Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel peace prize laureate María Corina Machado suffered a vertebra fracture during her secret journey from Venezuela to Norway last week, her spokesperson has confirmed.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Rodgers ready to make his return in Saudi Arabia
Brendan Rodgers is in talks over a managerial return with the Saudi Arabian side Al-Qadsiah.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Soaring cost of housing in EU likened to threat of 'new pandemic'
‘The soaring cost of housing is akin to a “new pandemic” sweeping across Europe, the mayor of Barcelona said yesterday as he and 16 other city leaders urged the EU to respond to the crisis by providing billions in funding for the hardest-hit areas.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Ring of shame
Boxing has a long history of cashing in, but Joshua v Paul marks a new low
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
'It's outright evil' How men from South Africa ended up fighting for Russia
Mary hasn’t heard from her son since 27 August, when he told her he thought he was being sent to the frontlines of Russia’s war with Ukraine.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Outcry over ‘sham conviction’ of pro-democracy tycoon aged 78
Governments, institutions and rights groups across the world have condemned the conviction of the former pro-democracy media tycoon and British citizen Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong on national security charges.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Manchester Worshippers gather in show of solidarity and support
Dark rain clouds hung above Heaton Park synagogue in Greater Manchester yesterday evening as worshippers gathered for the second day of Hanukah.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Artists secure sweeping support for tougher curbs on AI firms
A campaign fronted by pop stars including Elton John and Dua Lipa to protect artists' work from being mined to train AI models without consent has received a boost after almost every respondent to a government consultation backed their case.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
If Brook is a generational talent then surely this is the moment to prove it
They were shocking shots.
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