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Chagos deal can go ahead after eleventh-hour injunction overturned

The government has been allowed to conclude its negotiations after an injunction was issued in the early hours

Politics
25 minutes ago

How the announcement of Chagos Islands deal was thwarted

A High Court judge blocked the government from signing the treaty, which lawyers argued would breach the islanders’ human rights




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Israeli diplomats shot dead outside Jewish museum in Washington

Suspect identified by police as Elias Rodriguez, who allegedly later chanted ‘Free Palestine’, is in custody

US news
8 minutes ago



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Know your boundaries: take our workplace harassment quiz

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Justice secretary considers mandatory chemical castration for paedophiles

Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh at the Kneecap premiere during the Sundance Film Festival.
Kneecap rapper calls terror charge ‘political policing’

Illustration of a collage featuring a man listening to music, a bald man with a cupcake on his head and a sneaker, and a question mark.
Know your boundaries: take our workplace harassment quiz





Maggi Hambling standing in front of her artwork, *Lett working*.
Maggi Hambling: I’ve lost a finger but it hasn’t affected my art


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Son Heung-Min of Tottenham Hotspur lifts the UEFA Europa League trophy.
Revenge for Ange as Spurs end 17-year wait to make cynics eat their words

Tottenham 1 Man United 0: After 6,297 days, eight bosses and four final heartbreaks, Spurs seal first trophy since 2008 after Johnson’s goal


Two girls playing near canvas tents, one pulling a wagon with the other inside.
Glastonbury glampers lose tickets and £40,000 as firm collapses
Music
59 minutes ago



Ben Duckett of England playing a cricket shot.
Duckett and Crawley racing along as England cruise past 100
Cricket
8 minutes ago


Jamil Ahmed, convicted of sex offences, defying deportation order.
Pakistani paedophile’s legal victory in fight against deportation




Cow being airlifted by helicopter.
News in pictures
Cow being airlifted by helicopter.
News in pictures


Starmer’s winter fuel U-turn only adds to the muddle for voters


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Editor's picks




European outrage after Israeli forces fire towards diplomats
European outrage after Israeli forces fire towards diplomats



Starmer’s done no better with the EU than May

Despite the PM’s boasts, his so-called deal offers far less than his predecessor’s ‘Chequers plan’ — which he voted down



Illustration of Donald Trump saying his golden dome is wearing thin and needs a new one, with an aide holding a map of a golden dome over America.

Cartoon by Peter Schrank



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Tories’ problem is they have nothing to offer






a man with a beard is wearing a black shirt
Tories’ problem is they have nothing to offer




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After spending most of his career working for female bosses and alongside women, Robert Crampton wouldn’t want office life any other way


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Pete BrownSix of the best pale ales — tried and tasted by our expert





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Alistair OsborneThis was not just any cyberattack …




Wimbledon AFC players celebrating a goal in front of cheering fans.

Wimbledon midfielder Sam Hutchinson, 35, looks back on the game at Grimsby that he finished in pain and the motorway stop that revealed the full story


Ollie Pope of England during a nets session.
Simon WildeReturn of ‘disruptor’ Bethell spells trouble for Pope


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Jeremy Clarkson gesturing in a field with a tractor in the background.

Jeremy Clarkson is opening a gastropub, shop and butchers in series four of the hit Prime Video show, but what happened to the joys and trials of farming?




Woman viewing artwork in The National Gallery's Canaletto room.
Stories in Colour — the National Gallery’s podcast is delightfully prim
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