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A mother risked everything to bring her twins into the world. Her story should shock us all

COMMENT: Basile Ouedraogo salutes the strength of a mother – Dorcas – who undertook a terrifying journey to try and get the help she needed to safely give birth, and how her story is far too familar

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The women forced to risk death so their babies can live – and the fight to help them

IN FOCUS: Would-be mothers in northern Ghana have to travel miles across river and road while heavily pregnant – to reach health centres without clean water and all the means to help them. Rachel Hagan reports

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Majority of voters want Brexit to be reversed, says Britain’s leading pollster

Exclusive: There has been a ‘decisive and consistent shift away from Brexit’ since the referendum 10 years ago, says John Curtice

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Travel warning as Met Office issues yellow weather warning for strong winds

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Technical issue detected on UK’s largest warship while docked in Norway

Earlier this month, HMS Prince of Wales set sail from Scotland for Nordic waters to provide security in the Atlantic and High North regions.

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Yousaf says Sturgeon looked ‘quite a broken woman’ discussing Murrell confession

The former first minister said the police raid on the SNP offices left him ‘utterly gobsmacked’.

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Commemorations to mark 82nd anniversary of D-Day in Normandy begin

Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on June 6 1944 to fight Nazi-occupied France.

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UK weather: Met Office issues yellow warning as south coast set to be lashed by strong winds

Organisers at the Royal Cornwall Show said they had been forced to cancel the event’s final day due to the winds as forecasters warn strong gusts could bring disruption to the south coast

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An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon kills Lebanese troops days after ceasefire

An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon has killed several Lebanese military members, including a senior officer, according to the Lebanese army, days after the two sides reached a new ceasefire deal

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Man killed by shark while spearfishing near Michaelmas Island, Australia

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Fifa backtracks on plans to bar reusable bottles from World Cup grounds

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Uk’s HMS Prince of Wales hit by more technical issues while docked Norway

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HMS Prince of Wales: UK’s largest warship breaks down again

HMS Prince of Wales weighs 65,000 tonnes, and has a top speed in excess of 25 knots per hour and a range of 10,000 nautical miles

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian baby boy during shooting in the occupied West Bank, health officials say

The baby’s funeral is expected later Saturday

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Lady Phyll: ‘Pride can’t just be a party when we’re still fighting to survive’

PRIDE 2026: The founder of UK Black Pride, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in August, speaks to Emma Henderson about still being asked why there’s a need for it, the importance of intersectionality, and why you can’t take politics out of Pride

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Man killed in third fatal shark attack in Australia in three weeks

Diver was spearfishing with his family off coast of Western Australia when he was bitten by a 4.5m shark

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Ukraine hits St. Petersburg again after Putin rejects Zelensky’s offer for talks

Putin said on Thursday that Russia would bolster its air defences to counter these recent Ukrainian drone attacks

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Russia wants to cause UK harm – it’s time to take that seriously, ex-military chief warns

Exclusive: Lord Peach, the former chief of the defence staff, warns British households and businesses need to prepare

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Fifa abandons plan for World Cup water bottle ban after backlash

Plans to bar reusable bottles from grounds had faced criticism with temperatures set to soar during the tournament

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Wrestling matches provide an action-packed story time at US libraries, in photos

“Lucha Libro,” a high-energy, action-packed story time is bringing live wrestling matches to libraries across the U.S. to promote literacy

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How Maja Chwalinska overcame depression and injury struggles to create French Open fairytale

Chwalinska’s dream run from qualifying to the Roland-Garros final is the culmination of years of toil further down the tennis ranks and proof of the strength in depth of the women’s field

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Argentina boss provides update on Lionel Messi’s fitness ahead of World Cup

Messi had given Argentina an injury fright when he suffered a muscle strain playing for Inter Miami

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky to meet Starmer in Downing Street after Kyiv launches drone strike on St Petersburg

Keir Starmer will hold discussions on boosting support for Ukraine with France’s Macron and Germany’s Merz

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Iran-US war latest: Two more drones downed over Strait of Hormuz as Trump claims he ‘destroyed’ Tehran’s military

It comes as the US military said it downed six Iranian missiles in the Gulf

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Iran-US war latest: American forces shoot down Iranian ballistic missiles targeting Kuwait and Bahrain

US military also downs drones over Strait of Hormuz, saying they ‘posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic’

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