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Kenya: two protesters die from gunshot wounds and several injured during protests – live | Kenya

Kenya: two protesters die from gunshot wounds and several injured during protests – live | Kenya

Two protesters die from gunshot wounds Two protesters died from gunshot wounds and at least eight were injured in a town outside Nairobi on Wednesday as demonstrators marked one year since mass anti-government protests in Kenya, a hospital official told Agence France-Presse (AFP). Julius Makau, administrator at a hospital in Matuu, around 100 kilometres (65 miles) from the capital, said: …

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Starmer says vote on welfare cuts bill happening on Tuesday amid growing Labour revolt – UK politics live | Politics

Starmer says vote on welfare cuts bill happening on Tuesday amid growing Labour revolt – UK politics live | Politics

Starmer insists vote on welfare cuts bill will happen on Tuesday amid speculation Labour revolt will force delay Good morning. MPs are due to vote on the universal credit (UC) and personal independent payments (Pip) bill next week, the legislation enacting the disability and sickness benefit cuts worth around £5bn. As Pippa Crerar and Aletha Adu report in our overnight …

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Trump confirms commitment to Article 5 at Nato summit and praises 5% defence spending pledges as ‘big news’ – Europe live | Nato

Trump confirms commitment to Article 5 at Nato summit and praises 5% defence spending pledges as ‘big news’ – Europe live | Nato

‘We are with them all the way’, Trump confirms commitment to Article 5 Asked about his commitment to Nato’s Article 5, Trump says: We are with them all the way. Share Key events 11m ago ‘We will discuss the obvious,’ Trump says about his meeting with Zelenskyy 20m ago ‘We are with them all the way’, Trump confirms commitment to …

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Australia mushroom trial live: judge’s charge to Erin Patterson jury continues on day 37 | Victoria

Australia mushroom trial live: judge’s charge to Erin Patterson jury continues on day 37 | Victoria

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Justice Christopher Beale begins to outline the evidence of digital forensics expert Shamen Fox-Henry, from Victoria police’s cybercrime unit. He reminds the jury that Fox-Henry gave evidence about the data found on several devices police seized from Patterson’s house a week after the beef wellington lunch. …

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Federal court rules ABC unlawfully terminated Antoinette Lattouf after ‘orchestrated campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists’ | Australian media

Federal court rules ABC unlawfully terminated Antoinette Lattouf after ‘orchestrated campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists’ | Australian media

The ABC breached the Fair Work Act when it terminated casual broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf for reasons including that she held a political opinion opposing the Israeli military campaign in Gaza, the federal court has found. Senior ABC managers were in a “a state of panic” after an “orchestrated campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists to have Ms Lattouf taken off air”, Justice …

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Teenager from Hull becomes second Briton ever to join a professional sumo stable | Japan

Teenager from Hull becomes second Briton ever to join a professional sumo stable | Japan

A teenager from Hull has arrived in Japan to pursue his dream of becoming a grand champion sumo wrestler, as only the second Briton to win a place at one of the ancient sport’s professional stables. Nicholas Tarasenko, 15, left Yorkshire for Japan straight after finishing his GCSEs, to become the first British hopeful to join a stable since Nathan …

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