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    French forces look to open route to New Caledonia's restive capital

    French forces launched a "major operation" on Sunday to regain control of a road linking New Caledonia's capital Noumea to the main international airport, after a sixth night of violent unrest.French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said "a major operation of more than 600 gendarmes" was being launched "aimed at completely regaining control of the 60 kilometre main road" and allowing the airport to reopen.

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    Old protest video from Pakistan's Kashmir falsely linked to recent unrest

    As deadly protests against rising living costs rocked Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a video surfaced in social media posts that falsely linked it to the unrest. The footage, which shows a crowd chanting in the street, has in fact circulated online since at least August 2022 in posts about rallies against government plans to transfer more power to Islamabad.

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    Northern Ireland minister Heaton-Harris will not stand for re-election as MP

    Heaton-Harris asked Sunak to let him remain secretary of state for Northern Ireland until the general election, according to the letter he posted on X. He said he would continue campaigning for the Conservative Party in the next election, where he will "do everything I can to see you returned as Prime Minister". Sunak's Conservatives are trailing the opposition Labour Party in opinion polls ahead of the national election due at some point this year.

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    Dominican Republic's vote is dominated by Haiti crisis

    Dominican President Luis Abinader is poised for comfortable reelection Sunday on the back of widespread support for his tough stance on migration from troubled neighbor Haiti.- United against migration - The capital, Santo Domingo, and smaller provincial towns are plastered with political posters, and Abinader and Fernandez have crisscrossed the country holding rallies with hundreds of supporters chanting slogans and dancing Dominican merengue.

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    Forgotten D-Day cameramen out of shadows, 80 years on

    Seated side by side behind an antiquated viewer, the sisters run and rerun the 35 mm black-and-white film reel, whispering to each other about the images captured by their father, the only cameraman on Omaha Beach on D-Day.Lieb shot both black-and-white footage for American newsreels and personal images in color.

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  • BusinessThe Independent

    British companies should ditch political activism, says Kemi Badenoch

    Up to 50 per cent of people thought businesses were too concerned with political activism, a survey found

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  • NewsThe Independent

    Archbishop of Canterbury criticises two-child benefit cap as ‘cruel’

    The Archbishop slammed the cap as ‘cruel’ and called on Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer to commit to scrapping it

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