Pro-Brexit party 'Reform UK' on the rise after Keir Starmer's reshuffle
Europe • Sep 6, 2025, 4:41 PM
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The political pitch sounded familiar: The country is in crisis. The government must slash immigration, crack down on crime, ditch green energy targets and reopen factories to “make Britain great again.” The words of Nigel Farage to his Reform UK party’s two-day annual convention that ended Saturday echoed themes that propelled U.S. President Donald Trump back to the White House. Farage, the veteran hard-right politician, hopes a similar strategy can make him prime minister – a once-unthinkable idea that allies and opponents alike are taking seriously. Analysis by Sunder Katwala, director of the British future think tank in London.
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Record Russian drone attack pounds Ukraine, damaging government building
Europe • 10:27 AM
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Russia hit Ukraine's capital with drone and missiles Sunday in the largest aerial attack on the country since the war began, killing at least two people and leaving smoke rising from the roof of a key government building. Story by Shirli Sitbon.
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Pope Leo declares Italian teen computer whiz a saint
Europe • 9:33 AM
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Carlo Acutis, who who died of leukaemia aged 15, became the first Catholic saint of the millennial generation on Sunday, in a Vatican ceremony led by Pope Leo and attended by thousands of young worshippers. The pope also canonised another popular Italian
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Deadly Portugal funicular crash likely due to problems with cable
Europe • 9:09 AM
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Problems with a cable likely caused a Lisbon funicular railway popular with tourists to hurtle down a hill, killing at least 16 people and injuring another 22 when it crashed into a building, according to a preliminary report. Story by Charlotte Hughes.
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UK police arrest more than 400 at London protest supporting banned Palestine Action group
Europe • 8:22 AM
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More than 400 people were arrested in London during Saturday's tense protest in support of the Palestine Action group, which has been banned under terror laws, police said.
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Russia conducts massive air attack on Kyiv, other Ukrainian regions
Europe • 7:11 AM
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Russia hit Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine with drone and missiles Sunday in the largest aerial attack on the country since its full-scale invasion, killing at least four people and setting the seat of the Ukrainian government in the capital ablaze. Fran
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Ukraine’s main government building ablaze in massive Russian air attack
Europe • 5:11 AM
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An infant was among two people killed in a Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv that set fire to scores of buildings in the capital, including the main government building, Ukrainian officials said Sunday. At least four people were killed and dozens
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British police arrest more than 400 at London Palestine Action support rally
Europe • 1:11 AM
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More than 400 people were arrested at a London demonstration outside the UK parliament in support of the proscribed Palestine Action group, the Metropolitan police (Met) said late Saturday. The government banned the group under terror laws in July after
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