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Indonesia election: Prabowo formally declared president-elect after court rejects legal challenges

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Rivals had said February election won by former general was undermined by state interference and unfair rule changes

World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers

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Brazil, Germany, Spain and South Africa sign motion for fairer tax system to deliver £250bn a year extra to fight poverty and climate crisis

UK has worst rate of child alcohol consumption in world, report finds

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Study by World Health Organization shows more than half of children in Britain had drunk alcohol by age 13

‘Everyone was in the streets. I just felt happiness’: Portugal recalls the Carnation Revolution

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As the country marks 50 years since the end of fascism, people celebrate the coup’s legacy but say the fight must continue

Ministers of Germany, Brazil, South Africa and Spain: why we need a global tax on billionaires

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Finance chiefs say higher taxes for the super-rich are key to battling global inequality and climate crisis

Fears for Queen Victoria belongings delay English coastal path completion

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Stretch of King Charles III path on Isle of Wight held up over concerns about crown’s ‘priceless collection’

Nature destruction will cause bigger economic slump in UK than 2008 crisis, experts warn

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Green Finance Institute report said further pollution could cut 12% off GDP by 2030s

Lies, confections, distortions: how the right made London the most vilified place in Britain | Aditya Chakrabortty

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Our capital has many problems, but it is time to push back against attacks from those who neither know nor understand it

Rapunzel reimagined: the women retelling fairytales to challenge notions of perfection

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And They Lived … Ever After is a south Asian book of reworked European classics written by women with disabilities

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Australia news live: Sussan Ley ‘really disappointed’ with Elon Musk; Albanese joins Katter and Lambie for two-up

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Deputy opposition leader says she backs eSafety commissioner ‘100%’. Follow the day’s news live

Car insurance firms agree to crack down on ‘poverty premium’

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UK insurers say they will aim to stop monthly payments falling hardest on those who can least afford it

‘Are we joking?’: Venice residents protest as city starts charging visitors to enter

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Day-trippers will have to pay €5 to visit Italian city under scheme designed to protect it from excess tourism

Process raw materials in Africa, urges top environmentalist

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Few economic and social benefits will come to Africans if processing is all done overseas, says Wanjira Mathai

Sicknote culture wars and Angela Rayner – Politics Weekly UK

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Rishi Sunak has said it is his ‘moral mission’ to end Britain’s sicknote culture. The Guardian’s John Harris speaks to the disability campaigner Hannah Deakin and the New Economics Foundation’s head of social policy, Tom Pollard, about why…

‘I’ll stay an MP for as long as I can’: Diane Abbott’s tumultuous political journey

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Britain’s first black female MP faced hostility from the media and political establishment from the start. Nearly 40 years on, she is still not giving up

Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire

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Congressman Adam Smith says ‘totalitarian’ protesters are ‘trying to silence anyone who dares to disagree with them’

The experts: librarians on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to read more brilliant books

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Do you love reading – but all too often find yourself just scrolling through your phone or watching TV? Here is how to get lost in literature again

‘Waiting for Trump’: Viktor Orbán hopes US election will change his political fortunes

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Exclusive: Hungary’s PM and EU’s most isolated leader says he is pursuing ‘friendship with everybody’ – particularly the former US president

From birds, to cattle, to … us? Could bird flu be the next pandemic? – podcast

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As bird flu is confirmed in 33 cattle herds across eight US states, Ian Sample talks to virologist Dr Ed Hutchinson of Glasgow University about why this development has taken scientists by surprise, and how prepared we are for the…

Mosquito-borne diseases spreading in Europe due to climate crisis, says expert

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Illnesses such as dengue and malaria to reach unaffected parts of northern Europe, America, Asia and Australia, conference to hear

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Twenty-six pilot whales dead after mass stranding on WA beach

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Up to 160 whales have beached themselves at Toby Inlet near Dunsborough, more than 250km south of Perth

Synthetic opioids: warning issued in NSW after nitazenes cause cluster of overdoses

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NSW Health investigating after powerful drugs detected in samples related to overdoses in Nepean Blue Mountains local health district

Queensland woman pleads guilty to manslaughter of baby daughter who drowned in bath

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Lavinia Alison Murray’s few minutes of inattention while bathing seven-month-old Trinity have resulted in ‘devastating consequences’, court hears

28 Years Later: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes cast in sequel

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The new film marks the reunion of director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland, who created 2002’s 28 Days Later starring Oscar winner Cillian Murphy

Burkina Faso soldiers massacred 223 civilians in one day, finds rights group

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Human Rights Watch demands investigation into killings in two villages just weeks after Russian troops fly in, amid intensifying conflict

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Protesters arrested amid crackdown on pro-Palestine student rallies across US campuses

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At least 34 arrested at University of Texas in Austin and 50 more detained at University of Southern California while House speaker jeered at Columbia University

Chicago’s infamous sidewalk ‘rat hole’ removed by officials

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City officials made the decision after saying the sidewalk in Roscoe Village was damaged and needed to be replaced

Dozens arrested in California and Texas as campus administrators move to shut down protests – as it happened

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More than 60 people, including a journalist, arrested at University of Southern California and University of Texas at Austin. This blog is now closed.

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Emma Bates death: family pay tribute to Cobram woman’s ‘biggest heart’ after John Torney charged with assaults

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Torney, 39, due to face Shepparton magistrates court on Friday after woman found dead

Netanyahu labels US student protests ‘antisemitic’ and calls for them to end

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Israeli prime minister terms pro-ceasefire rallies ‘horrific’ as students demand universities divest from weapons makers