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Football star weds days after rape charge
The former Arsenal star Thomas Partey is getting married in Spain this weekend, days after he was charged with rape and sexual assault against three women.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Kremlin welcomes US pausing weapon shipments to Ukraine
Washington's decision to suspend military aid to Ukraine has been welcomed in Moscow and seen in Beijing as a confirmation of the limits of American power.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Right to jury trial faces axe as courts try to clear backlog
Plans for less serious cases to be heard by judge and magistrates to speed up delivery of justice for victims
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Gallaghers back together and giving people what they want
Kitty Empire Pop Critic
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Unnatural selection
At the age of 12, Naja Lyberth was taken to a doctor's office with the other girls in her school class. But it was not for a routine childhood appointment: it was to have an intrauterine device (IUD) implanted without her permission.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
There’s no need to airbrush the Beatles’ wives – just let them be Barbara Ellen
It's said that when you die, your life flashes before your eyes. In the case of the famous, there's an existential dry run with biopics — though they may not always look like your life.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
If Labour lacks a compelling story, the buck stops with Starmer, not his tearful neighbour
The prime minister has a big decision to make on Rachel Reeves' future, but it is the bond markets that may yet keep her at No 11
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
What's behind the dangerous fall in vaccination rates worldwide?
As false rumours about vaccines in the Covid pandemic have gone mainstream, aid cuts and poverty have contributed to lower take-up of lifesaving jabs. By Fred Harter
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Just like Charlize, I have no-go photos for dating profiles
The actor Charlize Theron showed that a picture is worth a thousand words (and saves a girl the price of a cocktail or two) when she featured on the podcast Call Her Daddy.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Trump gets his bill through for 4 July but economy may pay the price
In the end, Donald Trump got what he wished for. His “big, beautiful bill” successfully made its way through Congress just in time for the celebratory 4 July fireworks.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
The future may not be so bright for PR as Al reshapes market
This is an interesting moment to be trying to sell a public relations firm, as Matthew Freud is reportedly doing with his eponymous communications shop.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Record number of rape trials collapse as victims and witnesses walk away
Rape victims and witnesses abandoned five times more cases last year than they did before the pandemic, causing trials to collapse at record rates, analysis shows.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Sperm donor app that bypasses fertility rules is a 'serious risk', warn experts
The controversial founder of a Danish sperm bank has launched a new app in the UK that allows sperm donors to enter into private arrangements, circumnavigating rules set out by the fertility regulator.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
It's a crying shame but Reeves is not alone
In his last words in the House of Commons as prime minister, Tony Blair said that politics was a trade of many harsh contentions.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
How to spend it
Wrongheaded defence spending will never buy us anything more than the illusion of security
3 min |
July 06, 2025
The Observer
An electric bill is putting my exotic pets in danger
We own an exotic pets and aquarium shop in Merseyside, and we have an issue regarding British Gas.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
After the drugs, arrests, sex and bat-biting, Ozzy says farewell
As Black Sabbath stage their final ever show, Barbara Ellen examines the impact of the band's notorious frontman
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
America's Caesar is gambling that the UK will help pick up the tab for his 'beautiful bill'
Will Hutton
4 min |
July 06, 2025
The Observer
Reeves' tears: a key image that defines this moment
Whether the chancellor's emotional reaction at PMQs was personal or political, it underlines a perception of chaos in the government, and speaks to the need for things to change
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Unless we look after our farmers, it won't just be strawberries we're doing without
Like many proud Brits I've spent the week watching Wimbledon and enjoying my strawberries and cream.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Stop portraying disability as just a costly burden
Disabled people will face even more hostility if the welfare debate rages on, says Melanie Reid
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Outcry as council seeks to make man who faced child abuse trial guardian of young family
Foster carer was cleared but campaigners say that scrutiny panel was never informed of gravity of charges
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Reform MP loses party whip after Covid loan questions
The Reform MP James McMurdock resigned the party whip yesterday following allegations about his business affairs.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Palestine Action boost before ban
Nearly 600 volunteers signed up for protest workshops run by Palestine Action after the home secretary announced plans to proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Nine children at summer camp among 27 dead as flash flooding devastates Texas
Disaster struck as river waters unexpectedly rose, sweeping through Christian venue where hundreds were sleeping
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Retreat of rainbow capitalism returns Pride to roots
As the clear-up from Saturday's London Pride begins, a question mark hovers over similar events around the world: where is the money going to come from?
2 min |
July 06, 2025
The Observer
The Wimbledon Effect?
Pah! New balls please
1 min |
July 06, 2025
The Observer
Companies escape a global tax
\"Probably dead in the water\", is Joseph Stiglitz’s verdict on the planned global minimum tax on multinational company profits.
1 min |
July 06, 2025
The Observer
Labour planning to fund 400 more one-stop family hubs
Parents will be given access to hundreds more children’s centres as part of what the government is describing as “Sure Start for a new generation”.
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July 06, 2025
The Observer
Pressure builds on EU to make pioneering AI law weaker
The future of the EU’s pioneering artificial intelligence law hangs in the balance, as soon-to-be implemented key aspects of the legislation face fierce attacks from the Trump administration and a number of large European firms.
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