Military aircraft to help get UK 'on front foot' to fight wildfires, Burnham says

Civilian fire services in all four nations will be able to request the support of the Royal Air Force's Chinook helicopters and A400M planes to fight wildfires on tough terrain such as remote moorland and steep…

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French prosecutors open hate crime probe after deadly drive-by shooting

A 12-year-old was among those injured, the mayor of nearby town La Verrière told reporters . “The main focus will obviously be on identifying the perpetrator’s motives — what drove him to attempt to carry out a massacre…

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Neville Lishman: The door is ajar in the Red Wall – we can open it further

The only thing that will clinch Reform’s hold onto much of the Red Wall is if we concede it to them. When you read about an unnamed Shadow Minister proclaiming that Red Wall Voters to be ‘gone’ it is disheartening to…

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Viral image of French woman with ‘refugees welcome here’ sign has been edited

We traced the original image to a protest near the French embassy in Knightsbridge, London, in 2016. Posts shared across X , Facebook and Instagram show a screenshot of a genuine video of a woman trying to stop looters…

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Unaffordable? No, indispensable. The government tries to move the goalposts for care workers

The Home Office has identified a new problem with migrant care workers. Having spent months warning that they cost too much, it now fears that giving them more freedom would deprive us of their labour. The people…

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EU prosecutor probes EPP over consultant contracts

The consultants were hired to work on the party’s communications ahead of the election campaign. However, former EPP employees told reporters at the outlets that their fees were disproportionate to the work they…

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Drone hits another ship in Black Sea near Romania, killing at least 1 sailor

Dan told POLITICO last week that Russia’s intention was clearly to weaken Romania’s support for Ukraine in the war but vowed not to back down. NATO allies met Tuesday to discuss the threat to Black Sea shipping and Dan…

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This man has quit Badenoch’s increasingly hard-right Tory party – others should be brave enough to do the same | Polly Toynbee

He quit after being blocked from entering the race to be Tory candidate for London mayor because he supports the European convention on human rights (ECHR), putting him at odds with Kemi Badenoch's hardline position.…

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Top ICC official urges EU to act ‘as soon as possible’ on US sanctions

To do without them, “you need to start creating your own architecture and systems that need to speak to each other,” the registrar said. Financial autonomy was equally hard to achieve. The Court mapped all its suppliers’…

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Feijóo vows conservative overhaul if he wins Spain’s Nov. 29 election

“If they tell me to provide stability with [Vox], I will do so.” If such a partnership is needed, Vox is expected to demand a deputy prime minister post and at least one ministry, as it has in regional coalitions with…

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