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How are small boat arrivals processed?The Explainer UK-bound migrants are intercepted and detained for processing before entering the asylum system
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How other nations pay for careThe Explainer Germany and Australia among the nations who could offer inspiration for bolstering England’s ‘threadbare’ care system
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Burnham’s plan to fix social careThe Explainer Adult social care is regarded as the most significant unresolved policy issue in Britain. The PM has promised to ‘rip off the plaster’
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The livestream execution of a former US Army majorThe Explainer Nidal Hasan is facing the first public execution in the US since 1936
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Talking Points
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Flydubai 1073: a major disaster avertedTalking Point Heroism of crew and passengers who thwarted attempted terror attack cannot mask underlying security failures
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Andy Burnham’s own goal over Manchester CityTalking Point Downing Street backtracked on PM’s remarks that drew attention to his close relationship with the UAE
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‘Zionism is racism’: is the new Greens policy too radical?Talking Point Conference vote a ‘threat to British Jews’ says Chief Rabbi, as former party leader calls it ‘divisive’
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Under the Radar
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The Chinese trend of buying babies abroadUnder the Radar Women in China increasingly turn to US for surrogate babies, while elite men are paying for large numbers of children
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Rising from the ashes: Scientists have found a phoenix planetUnder the radar This exoplanet is orbiting the dead star it formed from
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Okinawa murder renews scrutiny on US military presenceUnder the Radar Killing of Anna Yagi, allegedly by a US Marine, has revived decades-long anger over crimes by American soldiers
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Speed Reads
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Macklemore launching ‘Free Palestine’ concert tourSpeed Read It comes less than two weeks after the rapper was dropped by Ed Sheeran’s tour
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Trump administration runs taxpayer-funded ‘love me’ adSpeed Read Democratic lawmakers have demanded more details about the ad
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Trump hosts Xi for lavish visit with few public gainsSpeed Read The two leaders have “never gotten along better,” Trump claimed
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China reportedly holds F-35 parts diverted to Hong KongSpeed Read The parts were “inexplicably diverted” to the city, Bloomberg reported
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