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The US midterm elections were “a total referendum” on Donald Trump, said his former-ally-turned-critic Marjorie Taylor Greene. “He told people to vote like he was on the ballot and they did” – resulting in a Republican rout. The president has long relied on the support of a vocal, tight-knit fanbase...

The UK is considering spending £450 million a year to give students from the EU discounted university fees. The government wants access to the bloc’s “Made in Europe” protectionist industrial scheme in return.What is ‘Made in Europe’?The European Commission’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act is d...
Public Accounts Committee chair Geoffrey Clifton-Brown warns of “significant risks” if the government fails to invest the billions needed to renovate the Houses of Parliament. The outdated electrics could go “phut” and trigger a fire, the Tory MP told The Times.
Support for South Africa’s African National Congress has sunk to 30% as the country votes in local elections today, according to the latest Ipsos poll. The survey of 2,533 people suggests that no party is commanding majority support, the pollster said, so “coalition politics is likely to remain a de...

“No one seems to want to apologise for the transatlantic slave trade,” said Tom Peck in The Times. The prime minister and King Charles were both in the Caribbean for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua yesterday, a summit dominated every year by calls for slavery reparations.King...
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The Explainer UK seeks access to EU’s protectionist industrial programme aimed at reducing reliance on China and US

The Explainer Four ‘toss-up’ Senate seats could decide who wields power in Washington

The Explainer Record theft highlights the vulnerability of the cryptocurrency industry to online hacks

The Explainer Andy Burnham’s government plans to downgrade the pension triple lock. Is it a necessary step, or an unfair raid on pensioners?

Talking Point Monarch and PM both stop short of apologising for Britain’s role in slave trade, and sidestep growing calls in Commonwealth for financial redress

Talking Point After a bitter election campaign and a shock first-round setback, Brazil’s president has secured a fourth term – but his troubles are far from over

Talking Point Child sex abuse claims against Thomas Markle Sr cast the Duchess of Sussex’s decision to cut contact in a new light



Under the Radar Fake reading communities and AI scams are a few of the nefarious methods

Under the Radar Arson attack on mountainside retreat exposes difficulty in dealing with the physical legacy of Germany’s Nazi past

Under the radar The process could be helpful or harmful

Speed Read It comes less than two weeks after the rapper was dropped by Ed Sheeran’s tour

Speed Read Democratic lawmakers have demanded more details about the ad

Speed Read The two leaders have “never gotten along better,” Trump claimed

Speed Read The parts were “inexplicably diverted” to the city, Bloomberg reported
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