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    Tory MP Dan Poulter’s defection to Labour piles pressure on Rishi Sunak

    The shock defection of a Tory MP to Labour in anger over the NHS crisis has heaped pressure on Rishi Sunak ahead of what is already expected to be a tough week for the Prime Minister. Dr Dan Poulter, a former health minister and working medic, on Saturday quit the Tory Party saying it is “failing” the health service and that he could no longer “look my NHS colleagues in the eye” as a Conservative. He will take the Labour whip until the general election but will not be running again as the MP for

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  • NewsThe Telegraph

    Starmer vows to keep pension benchmark in appeal to older voters

    Sir Keir Starmer last night pledged to retain the triple lock for pensioners for at least five years if he wins the next election.

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    Abortion in Arizona: women race against the clock of an archaic law

    Piper decided she needed an abortion almost as soon as Arizona judges ruled an 1864 law banning the procedure could be enforced.In Arizona, voters will likely be asked to decide if they want the right to abortion enshrined in the state's constitution.

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  • NewsThe Guardian

    Tenth person charged over Wakeley church riot, say NSW police

    It comes as a sixth teenager was charged with terrorism-related offences after raids across Sydney as investigations continue into church stabbing

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  • NewsAFP

    Blinken to Saudi as window shrinks on Middle East mega-deal

    Washington's top diplomat will travel to Saudi Arabia on Sunday as the deadline approaches on a landmark -- and, analysts say, long-shot -- deal that would see the kingdom recognise Israel. While it is no surprise Saudi Arabia would link ties with Israel to a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, "the price for normalisation, especially on the Palestinian front, has certainly gone up," said Saudi analyst Aziz Alghashian.

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  • NewsAFP

    Police clear pro-Palestinian camps at three US universities

    Police detained nearly 200 people at three US universities on Saturday as they cleared pro-Palestinian encampments, in the latest campus clashes triggered by protests over Israel's war against Hamas.- Balancing act - The campus activists are calling for a ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas, as well as for colleges to sever ties with the country and with companies they say profit from the conflict.

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  • NewsAFP

    Marmalade fest celebrates quintessential British breakfast treat

    The Japanese ambassador raved about the daffodils and the glorious spring sunshine.

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