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UK’s £150m cut to worldwide fund fighting deadly diseases will force ‘impossible life-or-death decisions’

The cut from £1bn to £850m pledged to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – risking 250,000 lives – was revealed by The Independent last week

The Independent UK

Media giant wants compo if gambling ads are punted

Nine Entertainment wants compensation from the government if a national ban is slapped on gambling ads and says regulations must extend to tech companies.

AAP

Family of British man detained in India without trial urge UK Government to act

Christian Michel, 63, has been held in an Indian prison for seven years, the maximum sentence for the alleged crime he was extradited for.

Evening Standard

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Attenborough film shows seabed ‘devastation’ says MP in bottom trawling ban call

Climate leaders are set to meet in Nice, France, next month.

Evening Standard

Minister ‘pushing for peace’ in Middle East attended jazz club event, MPs hear

MP Ellie Chowns was told Middle East minister Hamish Falconer did not reply to her urgent question as he was ‘in the region pushing for a peace deal’.

Evening Standard

Israel risks breaching international law by blocking aid to Gaza, says minister

Catherine West said humanitarian aid ‘should never be contingent on a ceasefire or used as a political tool’.

Evening Standard

Labour refuse to call out Israeli war crimes as 'hell plan' advanced

Labour have refused to call out Israeli war crimes after the country cut off food supplies to Gaza – and prepares a so-called “hell plan” to…

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Minister: UK must balance national security concerns over China with trade aims

Catherine West made the remarks as she defended Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ trip to China.

Evening Standard

Minister defends Reeves’ China trip after warrants issued for UK-based activists

The UK ‘must sometimes be involved’ with countries whose values ‘may not completely align with ours’, Foreign Office minister Catherine West has said.

Evening Standard

New UK travel advisory warns terror attacks likely in Bangladesh

Advisory comes as Sheikh Hasina accuses current regime of orchestrating genocide

The Independent UK

UK urges ‘peaceful resolution’ as Korean president fails to impose martial law

Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law was overturned by South Korea’s parliament less than three hours after he issued it.

Evening Standard

Talk of ‘negotiations’ does not change Ukraine approach – minister

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel had asked whether Sir Keir Starmer’s comments represented ‘a departure from the current approach’.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying bill backed by MPs despite most in London voting against

Of London’s 75 MPs, just 28 voted in favour of the assisted dying bill

Evening Standard

Pro-democracy activists jailed in Hong Kong day after Starmer met President Xi

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer insisted it was right to have ‘pragmatic’ engagement with China’s Xi Jinping.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Diplomats and relatives accused of nine serious crimes in UK last year, MPs told

Alleged offences in 2023 include sexual assault, possession of indecent images of children, and indecent exposure

Evening Standard

Overseas diplomats with immunity accused of sexual assault, indecent exposure and child cruelty

The Government said it ‘does not tolerate foreign diplomats or dependants breaking the law’.

The Independent UK

Foreign Office details crimes allegedly committed by overseas diplomats

The Government said it ‘does not tolerate foreign diplomats or dependants breaking the law’.

The Guardian - AU

Andrew Bolt gloats as News Corp columnists delight in Donald Trump’s victory

‘Good riddance to woke,’ Peta Credlin says, while Tim Blair urges country to ‘Drill, Australia. Drill’

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The Guardian - AU

Nine Entertainment to slash $100m in costs amid reckoning over bullying and harassment

‘There will be change at Nine and individuals will be held to account for behaviour of this nature’ acting CEO tells AGM

AAP

Heat on Nine directors over toxic company culture

The new chair of Nine has fielded questions about a toxic culture at the media giant, as investors deliver a strike against director pay packets.

The Independent UK

New sanctions target Myanmar's military suppliers

Opponents of Myanmar’s military government have welcomed the latest sanctions imposed by the European Union, the U.K. and Canada on individuals and entities supplying aviation fuel and equipment to the army

The Guardian - AU

Nine staff hire lawyers as report finds some leaders attempted to cover up inappropriate workplace behaviour

Sources say ‘a lot of complaints’ about individuals are being investigated and if upheld people may be sacked

The Guardian - AU

Nine apologises unreservedly after bombshell report reveals systemic bullying and harassment

Nine board has apologised and committed to implementing all recommendations for a ‘reset of culture’

The Guardian - UK

Online security lapses led to data of 40m UK voters being hacked, says ICO

Watchdog reprimands Electoral Commission for not being up to date with security updates before hack in August 2021

AAP

New chair to take reins as Costello quits Nine board

Nine Entertainment deputy chair Catherine West will take over as chair of the major media company following Peter Costello's exit.

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