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The Guardian
Their faith reclaimed Jews who weathered the storms of exile
In 1553, a community of exiled Spanish and Portuguese Jews who had found refuge and patronage in the northern Italian city of Ferrara did something that would have been unthinkable, and very possibly fatal, in their former homelands: they printed their own Hebrew bible in Spanish.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Ministers 'watering down planning rules to appease developers'
The government has been accused of bowing to lobbying by making proposals that would prevent English local authorities from requiring developers to meet the highest low-carbon homes standards.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
‘Race to the bottom’ US shares are hit by shock warning of AI jobs bloodbath
US stock markets have been hit by a further wave of AI jitters, this time from another viral - and completely speculative - warning about the impact of the technology on the world’s largest economy.
3 min |
February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Nearly half of ill people avoid GPS, survey finds
Almost half the public delay or avoid contacting their GP surgery when they are ill, mainly because they think they will struggle to get an appointment.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Witches, Nazi collaborators and banned works make International Booker list
Olga Ravn, Daniel Kehlmann, Ia Genberg, Mathias Énard and Gabriela Cabezón Cámara are among those longlisted for the International Booker prize, which recognises the best translated fiction and will turn 10 years old this year.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Gorton and Denton Grassroots activists fight back against hard-right division
‘I don’t want to talk about him,’ Selina Ullah says, when asked what she thinks of Matt Goodwin, the GB News presenter running for Reform in tomorrow’s Gorton and Denton parliamentary byelection.
3 min |
February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Zelenskyy appeals to Trump to visit Kyiv
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed to Donald Trump to visit Kyiv, in a video address on the fourth anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion, and said Ukraine would not betray its people in any negotiations with Russia.
3 min |
February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Send reforms place ‘huge ask’ on schools say unions and MPs
Teachers and schools face “a huge ask” implementing the government’s special needs reforms affecting hundreds of thousands of children, according to education leaders and MPs who otherwise gave the plans a cautious welcome.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Long way to go Kremlin has resources to fight on through 2026, military experts warn
Russia will be able to sustain its invasion of Ukraine throughout 2026, while its missile and drone threat to Europe is growing, according to a leading military thinktank.
3 min |
February 25, 2026
The Guardian
BBC apologises to staff for airing N-word at Baftas while film-maker quits role as judge
A senior BBC executive has apologised to staff for the corporation's failure to edit a racial slur from Sunday's Bafta film awards telecast.
2 min |
February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Watchdog fines Reddit £14.5m over use of personal data from under-13s
The information regulator has fined Reddit £14.5m for using the data of children under the age of 13 unlawfully and potentially exposing them to inappropriate and harmful content.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
An overdue reckoning? Good Friday peacemaker loses his halo
When Bill Clinton testifies later this week at a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein there is unlikely to be any reference to his most precious foreign policy achievement - helping to bring peace to Northern Ireland.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Reform councillor says post he shared calling for Labour MP to be shot was 'a genuine mistake'
A Labour MP has said politicians should not expect to face “death threats as standard” after a Reform UK councillor shared a Facebook post that said she “should be shot”.
2 min |
February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Baby boy born in UK to mother with womb transplant from dead donor
A baby boy is the first child to be born in the UK to a mother with a womb transplant from a dead donor.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Reform UK would use tax system to raise birthrate, says MP Kruger
The UK is “suffering from having a totally unregulated sexual economy”, the Reform MP Danny Kruger has said, and he indicated he expected his party to have a “limited but important role” in resetting sexual culture.
1 min |
February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Mandelson hits out at police for arrest over claims of flight risk
Peter Mandelson condemned the police for his arrest on Monday and claimed he was taken into custody only because detectives had wrongly believed he was about to flee the country.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Brook relieved to fire England into last four after 'hardest winter of life'
Sometimes Harry Brook makes everything look easy but some of his recent experiences have been anything but painless and, after scoring a sublime century to steer his team into the World Cup semifinals, England's white-ball captain described his past few months as \"probably the hardest of my life\".
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Son of Norway's crown princess punched ex in face, court told
The former partner of Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Norway’s crown princess, has told a court he punched her in the face during their relationship and “often” grabbed her by the throat.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Family puts up $1m reward for return of TV host's mother
Savannah Guthrie’s family has offered up to $1m for information leading to the return of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy, who has been missing for more than three weeks.
1 min |
February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Obstructive sleep apnoea 'costs UK and US economies £137bn a year'
Obstructive sleep apnoea costs the UK and US economies more than £137bna year, according to research.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
US ambassador to France promises not to interfere in its domestic affairs
Donald Trump's envoy to Paris has called France's foreign minister and pledged not to interfere in the country's domestic affairs, a day after he was barred from talking to government officials for failing to attend a formal meeting at the ministry.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
AstraZeneca chief executive's total pay packet rises to £17.7m
Pascal Soriot, the chief executive of Britain’s largest pharmaceutical company, received a 6.4% pay rise last year, taking his total remuneration to £17.7m.
1 min |
February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Subsidy changes will ‘undo’ environment work of larger farms
Some farmers would lose money by opting into environmental schemes under new plans to cap payments available for sustainable farming.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Legal action over sewage pollution expands across Devon and Cornwall
A group legal claim against South West Water alleging sewage pollution into coastal waters is harming businesses and individuals has been expanded across Devon and Cornwall.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Tax and wage rises 'acutely affecting' young people
The negative combined effect of increases in employers’ taxes and minimum wage has been “particularly acute” for young people, the Bank of England’s chief economist has said.
1 min |
February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Homes for sale up 6% on same time last year, says Zoopla
Spring has come early to the housing market, with a surge in people listing their homes for sale as confidence returns to the sector, analysis by Zoopla has found.
1 min |
February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Husband's 'physical and sexual violence' led to wife killing herself, court told
A woman who took her own life after being subjected to a campaign of “physical and sexual violence” by her husband told her family: “I am so sorry but I just couldn’t take it any more”, a court heard yesterday.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
DfT grants for installing EV charge points to rise to £500
Grants for households and businesses installing electric vehicle charge points will rise by 40%, the Department for Transport (DfT) has said.
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February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ to face stricter regulation
Netflix, Amazon’s Prime Video and Disney+ are to come under “enhanced regulation” by Ofcom, making the streaming giants subject to the same scrutiny as traditional broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV.
1 min |
February 25, 2026
The Guardian
Censorship Moscow opens investigation into founder of Telegram
Russian officials have launched a criminal investigation into the founder of Telegram, escalating a standoff with the messaging app.
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