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Ethiopia’s civil war: how the country is on the brink of ‘irreversible state collapse’
Speed Read The basic issue is how much autonomy Ethiopia’s regions should have
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: held to a £400m ransom
Speed Read Boris Johnson has ‘a moral duty to set this right’, said The Observer
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Channel crossing crisis: why Priti Patel’s ‘push-back tactic’ is not working
Speed Read Last week, a record 1,185 migrants crossed the Channel to Kent in small boats
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Handball: swapping bikini bottoms for tight pants
Speed Read Women competitors will be required to ‘wear short tight pants with a close fit’
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Ryanair: readying for departure from London
Speed Read Plans to delist Ryanair from the London Stock Exchange could spell ‘another blow’ to the ‘dwindling’ London market
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Kathleen Stock resigns: the ‘hounding’ of an academic on the front line of transgender rights debate
Speed Read Sussex University students claim ‘trans and non-binary students are safer and happier for it’
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Will the PM’s net zero strategy really create ‘good jobs, green jobs, well-paid jobs’?
Speed Read Boris Johnson claims his plans to cut carbon emissions will help create 440,000 jobs by 2030
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Legalising assisted dying: a complex, fraught and ‘necessary’ debate
Speed Read The Assisted Dying Bill – which would allow doctors to assist in the deaths of terminally ill patients – has relevance for ‘millions’
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Extra funding for the NHS: ‘welcome and badly needed’ or a ‘hefty sacrifice’ of taxpayers’ cash?
Speed Read Twenty years ago, the NHS accounted for 27% of all day-to-day public service spending. Today, that figure is closer to 40%
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‘Hissy fits’ and blatant bullying: Sajid Javid vs. the GPs
Speed Read 93% of GPs in England see the health secretary’s plans to encourage face-to-face appointments as unacceptable
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Coco vision: up close to Chanel opticals
Speed Read Parisian luxury house adds opticals to digital offering
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Chinese journalists forced into 90 hours of lessons to ‘learn the party line’
Speed Read State-accredited reporters to undergo training aimed at stamping out dissent
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Sexual abuse and ‘cruel indifference’: the disgrace of the French Catholic Church
Speed Read Landmark report estimates around 330,000 children were abused by clergymen and officials between 1950 and 2020
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Out of fashion: Asos ‘curse’ has struck again
Speed Read Share price tumbles following the departure of CEO Nick Beighton
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