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GDP rise moves UK out of recession, official figures show
Section of M25 to close again tonight for bridge works
Israel qualifies for Eurovision final despite anti-war protests
We will fight with our fingernails, says Netanyahu
First Thing: Trump’s hush-money trial resumes after Stormy Daniels testimony
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Pro-Palestinian student protesters clash with police in Amsterdam
According to a police statement, riot police units were deployed “to prevent escalation” after demonstrators tried to block a police bus. The violence came after police broke up a protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam on Wednesday. After police ended a blockade on university grounds, hundreds of demonstrators moved to a nearby square to continue protesting late into the evening, demanding an end to the war in Gaza.
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Government’s ‘failed’ asylum system offers false hope to migrants, says Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer said the UK’s failed asylum system has turned refugee camps into a “job-centre for modern slavery” as he outlined Labour’s plan to stop small boat crossings on Friday 10 May. The Labour leader delivered a speech on the Kent coast in which he attacked the government’s current approach as “rank incompetence” and dismissed the Rwanda scheme. Sir Keir also recalled a visit to a refugee camp on the outskirts of Calais in 2016 and described the situation as a “monumental failure”.
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'World coming to an end': Kenyan town copes with life underwater
Abdi Hussein sat alone on a Kenyan road strewn with ramshackle tents bound with plastic strings and covered with tarpaulins, peering into the sea of rust-coloured flood water."The water kept rising and rising and it swallowed everything."
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Met Office says Wales set for hottest day of the year and it could get even better
Make the most of the dry and sunny weather
3-min read - NewsThe Independent
Chinese zoo defends dyeing dogs black and white to look like pandas
The zoo denies it is ‘cheating visitors’ by displaying dogs painted in black and white as pandas
2-min read - NewsThe National
Scottish Labour MP hopeful replaced after storm over 'racist' tweets
SCOTTISH Labour General Election candidate Wilma Brown has been replaced following an investigation into “dozens” of offensive tweets she shared on social media ...
2-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
Labour in talks with more Tory MPs about defecting, says Streeting
The Labour Party is in talks with other Tory MPs who are considering defecting, Wes Streeting has claimed.
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