April 1 2024
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April 3 2024
Tories facing general election defeat worse than 1997 wipeout, major poll finds
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A YouGov projection based on a survey of 18,761 people carried out between March 7-27 suggested Labour would secure 403 seats if a contest were held tomorrow. But the Tories would be in a distant second place with just 155 seats. That would be even worse than the 165 it secured under Sir John Major in 1997.
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Gaza | Israel must stop killing civilians “today”, the celebrity founder of an aid group said, after seven of his employees were killed in an Israeli air strike on Monday.
April 4 2024
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| Emergency workers assist a survivor after he was rescued from a damaged building in New Taipei City CREDIT: CNA/AFP via Getty Images |
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It was the strongest earthquake Taiwan had experienced since 1999, and people couldn’t help but make comparisons.
Outside a damaged building in New Taipei City yesterday, residents said it felt “just like 9/21,” referring to the earthquake’s date. “It was just as serious.”
The difference this time was that Taiwan was prepared. |
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| A partially collapsed building in Hualien CREDIT: CNA/AFP/Getty Images |
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The worst earthquake in 25 years – but this time Taiwan was prepared
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Russia makes ‘threatening call’ to French minister
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Russia made a “threatening” call to France warning that it hopes French secret service agents were not involved in last month’s terror attack in Moscow. Details of the call came as Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said that relations between Russia and Nato “have now slipped to the level of direct confrontation” on the 75th anniversary of Nato.
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Primary school teachers are being told to allow children to change gender without informing their parents despite government guidance to the contrary, the biggest survey of its kind shows.
An analysis of more than 600 school equality and trans policies reveals that up to three-quarters misrepresent laws protecting sex and gender. Meanwhile a mother has told how she only discovered that her daughter had been allowed to change gender at school when teachers called her “he” at a parents’ evening.
Tories urge PM to ban arms sales to Israel
Pressure is growing on the Prime Minister to cut off arms exports to Israel in the wake of this week’s deadly airstrike on an international aid convoy in Gaza.
Tory backbenchers Paul Bristow, Flick Drummond and David Jones, former Foreign Office ministers Lord Swire and Sir Alan Duncan, and Lord Ricketts, who was national security adviser to Lord Cameron when he was prime minister, have all urged the Government to block sales now, according to The Guardian.
It comes as more than 600 legal experts, including three former Supreme Court judges, have written to the PM warning that Britain is itself breaching international law by continuing to allow the export of weapons to Israel.
April 5 2024
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EU commissioner says ‘Gibraltar is Spanish’
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“Gibraltar español,” said Margaritis Schinas, when asked about the sensitive negotiations in Seville. The slogan, which means “Gibraltar is Spanish” and dates back to the Franco era, is chanted by those who claim the Rock is a colony and rightfully belongs to Spain.
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April 7 2024
Left-wing actors’ protests against Israel are close to fascism, says Maureen Lipman
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When it comes to hatred of the Jewish state, the “Left and the Right are interchangeable”, according to the Coronation Street star. Speaking to The Telegraph six months on from the Oct 7 massacre, Dame Maureen revealed that “not a day goes by” when she does not think about the hostages who remain in captivity.
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April 8 2024
Nigel Farage suggested he would be willing to work with a Labour government as Britain’s man in Washington if Donald Trump became president.
Asked if he wanted to be “Starmer’s man in Washington”, he said: “In the national interest, there needs to be an intermediary between Trump and an incoming Labour government, and I’d be happy to do that.” You can watch the full question-and-answer session here.
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‘Evil monster’ murdered wife and cut her body into more than 200 pieces
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An “evil monster” who stabbed his wife to death and then cut her body into more than 200 pieces before dumping them in a river has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 19 years. Holly Bramley’s body parts were found in a number of shopping bags after being thrown in the Witham in March 2023.
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April 9 2024
The European Commission’s annual disciplinary report is a deep dive into the comfortable lives of Brussels’s Eurocrats – where even the most dramatic offences go largely unpunished.
Over the years, high-ranking EU officials have been caught running brothels, misusing diplomatic bags or more simply fiddling their expenses.
EU expert Dr Lee Rotherham said “From contract cheats to payslip forgers, the annual report confirms once again that too many people in the European Union institutions see it as their own personal milch cow.
Farmers warn of first year without harvest since Second World War
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Farmers are warning of food shortages as record rainfall threatens to bring the first season without a harvest on some farms since the end of the Second World War. Vast swathes of farmland are still under water following an unprecedented period of flooding after the wettest 18 months on record.
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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs dies
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Professor Peter Higgs, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, has died aged 94.
Prof Higgs worked on subatomic particles in the 1960s and theorised the existence of a particle which was essential in keeping the fabric of the universe together by giving other particles mass.
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April 10 2024
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Hamas leader’s three sons killed in Israeli airstrike
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Ismail Haniyeh’s sons Hazem, Ameer and Mohammed were killed with family members in the strike near the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Ismail Haniyeh, who now lives in exile in Qatar, is originally from Shati. The deaths were confirmed by Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV station as well as Haniyeh family members on social media.
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April 11 2024
OJ Simpson dies aged 76 surrounded by his family
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A statement issued by his family on Thursday said that he had “succumbed to his battle with cancer” on Wednesday, after his diagnosis was first reported in February. Simpson rose to fame during the 1970s as a running back for the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, however his footballing career was later overshadowed by an internationally-publicised double murder trial. You can read his obituary here.
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Biden ‘must threaten Iran with devastating US response’
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Republicans have said Joe Biden must warn Iran that the US will join a “devastating” response if Israel is attacked. The US president is under pressure to provide a public security guarantee to Tel Aviv, the day after he said America’s commitment to the country was “iron-clad”.
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April 12 2024
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| Col (Res) Nochi Mandel is one of two officers dismissed following the incident |
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Even by the brutal standards of the Israel-Hamas war, it was an attack that shocked the world.
A deadly – and precise – drone strike on a humanitarian convoy in Gaza killed seven aid workers, including three Britons.
An investigation by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) characterised the strikes as a “grave mistake” but concluded there was no intentional harm.
However, the Telegraph can reveal that the most senior IDF commander dismissed for his role in the incident is a settler who signed an open letter in January calling for the territory to be deprived of aid.
A senior British lawyer said its contents – including a call for a “siege” of Gaza City – should be considered by the Israeli authorities investigating the killings.
Paul Nuki, Lilia Sebouai and Samuel Lovett reveal more in this exclusive report. |
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US military moves forces to prepare for Iran attack on Israel
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The US military has moved its forces in the Middle East to prepare for an Iranian attack on Israel that could come as early as today. John Kirby, the White House National security adviser, said “force posture changes” had been made to ensure the US is “properly prepared” for any Iranian assault.
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April 13 2024
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Five dead after ‘multiple people including baby’ stabbed in Sydney
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| Paramedics push stretchers into the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall |
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Five people have been stabbed to death after a man went on a “killing spree” at a mall in Sydney on Saturday, according to police.
The suspect was also shot dead, police added.
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April 14 2024
Sunak confirms RAF shot down ‘a number’ of Iranian attack drones
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| British fighter jets took off from Cyprus in order to intercept drones and missiles CREDIT: PA |
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Royal Air Force pilots shot down “a number” of Iran’s drones during the overnight attack on Israel, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed.
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April 15 2024
Bishop stabbed during live stream at Sydney church
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A Christian bishop in Sydney was stabbed during a mass that was being live streamed in an attack in which at least three others were injured. The frenzied stabbing is the second knife assault in Australia’s largest city in just two days.
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Trump attends court as criminal trial begins
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Donald Trump said he was “proud to be here” before he headed into a Manhattan courthouse as he became the first US President to stand criminal trial over alleged hush money payments.
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